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WAR AND SOCIETYIRELAND IN THE 1790s
DR. NIALL Ó CIOSÁIN
STRUCTURE OF POWER IN 18TH-
CENTURY IRELAND
KINGDUBLIN PARLIAMENT
LONDON PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENT- HOUSE OF LORDS- HOUSE OF COMMONS
HOUSE OF LORDS
HOUSE OF LORDS
•LANDOWNERS
HOUSE OF LORDS
•LANDOWNERS•BISHOPS
HOUSE OF COMMONS
HOUSE OF COMMONS•COUNTIES
HOUSE OF COMMONS•COUNTIES•BOROUGHS (CORPORATIONS)
RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
RELIGIOUS STRUCTUREANGLICANS•STATE CHURCH•MOST LANDOWNERS•MANY FARMERS•URBAN POPULATIONS
RELIGIOUS STRUCTURECATHOLICS
• MAJORITY• A FEW LANDOWNERS• MANY FARMERS• LABOURERS• COULD NOT VOTE OR BE ON
CORPORATIONS
RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE•PRESBYTERIANS•NORTH-EAST•FARMERS, LABOURERS, WEAVERS
•NOT ON CORPORATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC GROWTH•EXPORT-LED
ECONOMIC GROWTH•EXPORT-LED•AGRICULTURE - SOUTH
ECONOMIC GROWTH•EXPORT-LED•AGRICULTURE - SOUTH
•TEXTILE INDUSTRY - NORTH
•GROWTH OF URBAN MERCANTILE CLASS
•GROWTH OF URBAN MERCANTILE CLASS
•POLITICAL FORUM - NEWSPAPERS
•GROWTH OF URBAN MERCANTILE CLASS
•POLITICAL FORUM - NEWSPAPERS
•FREEMAN’S JOURNAL, DUBLIN 1763
•AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-82
•AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-82
•ATTEMPTS BY LONDON TO REGULATE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES
•AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-82
•ATTEMPTS BY LONDON TO REGULATE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES
•A PRECEDENT FOR IRELAND?
IMPACT OF AMERICAN WAR
IMPACT OF AMERICAN WAR• DISRUPTION OF TRADE
IMPACT OF AMERICAN WAR• DISRUPTION OF TRADE• WAR EXPENDITURE
IMPACT OF AMERICAN WAR• DISRUPTION OF TRADE• WAR EXPENDITURE• IRISH TREASURY ALMOST
BANKRUPT
VOLUNTEERS 1778
VOLUNTEERS 1778
• A PRIVATE MILITIA
VOLUNTEERS 1778
• A PRIVATE MILITIA• 60,000 MEMBERS
VOLUNTEERS 1778
• A PRIVATE MILITIA• 60,000 MEMBERS• EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY
PRESSURE GROUP
VOLUNTEERS 1778
• A PRIVATE MILITIA• 60,000 MEMBERS• EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY
PRESSURE GROUP• ‘FREE TRADE’ 1779
IMPACT ON CATHOLICS
IMPACT ON CATHOLICS• NEED FOR CATHOLIC
SOLDIERS
IMPACT ON CATHOLICS• NEED FOR CATHOLIC
SOLDIERS• 1778 SOME CIVIC
RESTRICTIONS REMOVED - LAND LEASING
EXPANSION OF POLITICAL SPHERE
EXPANSION OF POLITICAL SPHERE• VOLUNTEER NATIONAL
CONVENTION 1782
EXPANSION OF POLITICAL SPHERE• VOLUNTEER NATIONAL
CONVENTION 1782• GREATER AUTONOMY OF
DUBLIN PARLIAMENT
EXPANSION OF POLITICAL SPHERE• VOLUNTEER NATIONAL
CONVENTION 1782• GREATER AUTONOMY OF
DUBLIN PARLIAMENT• ACHIEVED BY PRESSURE
OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT