Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Ireland / James Kelly & Martyn J. Powell, editors.

Other author Kelly, James, 1959-
Other author Powell, Martyn J., 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoDublin : Four Courts, 2010.
Description496 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Clubs--Ireland. --History. --18th century.
Societies--Ireland. --History. --18th century.
Ireland--Intellectual life. --18th century.
Ireland--Social life and customs. --18th century.

Variant title Clubs and societies in 18th-century Ireland
Contents Part one: Background -- Introduction / James Kelly & Martyn J. Powell -- Club life in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Ireland : in search of an associational world, c.1680-c.1730 / Patrick Walsh Part two: Intellectual and improving societies -- The Dublin Society and other improving societies, 1731-85 / Toby Barnard -- Charitable societies : their genesis and development, 1720-1800 / James Kelly -- Dublin's commercial clubs / Lisa Marie Griffith -- Annuity societies in eighteenth-century Ireland / Jennifer Kelly -- Book clubs and reading societies in the late eighteenth century / Johanna Archbold -- Configuring the Irish Enlightenment : reading the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy / Michael Brown -- Part three: Political societies -- Loyal societies in Ireland, 1690-1790 / Jacqueline Hill -- The Aldermen of Skinner's Alley : ultra-Protestantism before the Orange Order/ Martyn J. Powell -- The patriot clubs of the 1750s / Bob Harris -- The Society of Free Citizens and other popular political clubs, 1749-89 / Martyn J. Powell -- Elite political clubs, 1770-1800 / James Kelly -- Opposition political clubs and societies, 1790-8 / Ultán Gillen -- Part four: Convivial, sociable and sporting societies -- Masonic sociability and its limitations : the case of Ireland / Petri Mirala -- The Dublin Hellfire Club / David Ryan -- "Beef, claret and communication" : convivial clubs in the public sphere, 1750-1800 / Martyn J. Powell -- The Bar Club, 1787-93 : a dining club case study / James Kelly -- Hunting clubs and societies / Martyn J. Powell -- The pastime of the elite : clubs and societies and the promotion of horse racing / James Kelly -- Part five: Regional sociability -- Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Munster / David A. Fleming -- Loyal clubs and societies in Ulster, 1770-1800 / Allan Blackstock -- Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Belfast / Eoin Magennis
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781846822292 (hbk.)
ISBN1846822297 (hbk.)