The making of the Irish Protestant ascendancy : the life of William Conolly, 1662-1729 / Patrick Walsh.
2010
DA948.3.C66 W35 2010
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Title
The making of the Irish Protestant ascendancy : the life of William Conolly, 1662-1729 / Patrick Walsh.
ISBN
9781846159046 (electronic bk.)
1846159040 (electronic bk.)
1846159040
1846159040 (electronic bk.)
1846159040
Imprint
Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Call Number
DA948.3.C66 W35 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)860623671
Summary
The life and political career of William Conolly, a key figure in the establishment of the eighteenth century protestant ascendancy in Ireland. William Conolly (1662-1729) was one of the most powerful Irish political figures of his day. As a politician, in the years 1715-29 simultaneously Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Chief Commissioner of the Revenue, Lord Justice, and Privy Councillor, he made significant contributions to the role of the Irish parliament in Irish life, to the establishment of a more efficient government bureaucracy, and to the emergence of a constructive strain of patriotism. In addition, he was a patron of architects, contributing significantly to the fashioning of Georgian Dublin, and building his own Palladian mansion at Castletown, nowadays one of the most frequently visited Irish historic properties. His rise to wealth and eminence from very humble beginnings and a Catholic background also illustrates the permeability of Irish society. Conolly's career reflects the development of the early Georgian Irish political,cultural and ideological nation, in all its complexities and contradictions. PATRICK WALSH is an IRCHSS Government of Ireland CARA mobility fellow jointly affiliated with University College London and University College Dublin.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; EDITORIAL NOTE; LIST OF PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; 1 The Rise of the House of Conolly, 1662-1729; 2 From Lawyer to Politician, 1685-1703; 3 'A Cunning Intriguing Spark': Conolly and the Williamite Confiscation, 1690-1703; 4 The Making of 'A Very Great Fortune': The Accumulation and Management of the Conolly Patrimony, 1690-1729; 5 A Lover of Business: Conolly in Parliament, 1703-14; 6 The 'Great Man of the North': Conolly's Electoral Interest in North-West Ulster
7 'The only man of applicationamong our Commissioners': Conolly at the Revenue Board, 1709-298 'The Chief of our Friends': Parliamentary Management and the Rise of the Undertakers, 1715-29; 9 'An Ornament to the Country': Castletown, Patriotism, and the Making of the Ascendancy, 1722-9; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover
7 'The only man of applicationamong our Commissioners': Conolly at the Revenue Board, 1709-298 'The Chief of our Friends': Parliamentary Management and the Rise of the Undertakers, 1715-29; 9 'An Ornament to the Country': Castletown, Patriotism, and the Making of the Ascendancy, 1722-9; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover
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Irish historical monographs series, 1740-1097
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