A New History of Ireland, Volume V
Ireland Under the Union, I: 1801-1870
New History of Ireland Series

A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. Volume V opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, covering sectarian conflict, politics of the era and the impact of the Great Famine. Further thematic chapters examine emigration, the economy, legal developments, literature, and education, ending with a study of Ireland in 1870.

Introduction: Eighteenth-Century Ireland. 1. The Establishment of Protestant Ascendancy, 1691-1714. 2. The Social Structure and Social Life 1714-60. 3. The Political Structure, 1714-60. 4. The Ecclesiastical Structure, 1714-60. 5. Protestant Ascendancy and the Rise of Colonial Nationalism, 1714-60. 6. Economic Development 1691-1750. 7. Economic Development 1750-1800. 8. Colonial Nationalism and the Winning of Parliamentary Independence 160-82. 9. Land and People c.1780. 10. Parliamentary Independence 1782-9. 11. The Age of the United Irishmen: Reform and Reaction 1789-94. 12. The Age of the United Irishmen: Revolution and the Union 1794-1800. 13. Irish Language and Literature 1691-1845. 14. Literature in english 1691-1800. 15. The Visual Arts 1603-1740. 16. The Visual Arts 1740-1850. 17. Music Before 1700. 18. Music 1700-1850. 19. The Irish on the Continent 1691-1800. 20. Ireland in 1800.