England and Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

I. Introduction

II. Consolidation of the Anglo-Irish Interests

A. Battle of the Boyne (1690)

B. Penal Laws

C. Irish Parliament

III. Agriculture and Land Ownership

A. Consequences of Anglo-Irish Ownership

B. Cash Rents and Cash Crops

C. Consequences for the General Population

IV. Literature, Politics, and Nation

A. Anglo-Irish production

1. Jonathan Swift

2. Edmund Burke

B. Irish Catholic works

1. the Aisling

2. Cúirt an Mheán Oíche (The Midnight Court – by Brian Merriman)

V. Steps towards Reform in the Revolutionary Era

V. Conclusion: Falling Back

Key Terms

Battle of the Boyne

Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy

penal laws

Scotch-Irish

Irish Parliament

cattle and flax

Jonathan Swift

Edmund Burke

Aisling

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