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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION-
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CHAPTER I.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE IRISH
PEOPLE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -THE PENAL
CODE- THE LANDLORDS-THE WHITEBOYS
CHAPTER II.
INTRODUCTION CONTINUED
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IRISH PARLIAMENT AND PARLIA-
MENTARY POLITICS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-THE PRO-
TESTANT OPPOSITION -WOOD'S HALFPENCE-DOCTOR LUCAS-
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THE
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CHAPTER III.
THE VOLUNTEERS OF 1782
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NOW IS OUR TIME" MISERABLE
STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY-DRAGON'S TEETH SPRUNG
UP ARMED MEN
FREE TRADE, OR ELSE -SOMETHING
MUST BE DONE A GREAT ORIGINAL TRANSACTION
- SOME-
THING IS DONE-LAWYERS' DOUBTS.
NUED -REPEAL AND RENUNCIATION REFORM AGITATION
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1783-COMMERCIAL PROPOSITIONS
-THE CREEPING, INCIPIENT UNION—THE REGENCY QUESTION
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CHAPTER V.
RENEWED POPULAR EFFORTS-INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH RE-
VOLUTION ON IRELAND-BELFAST POLITICS-THEOBALD WOLFE
TONE-FIRST SOCIETY OF UNITED IRISHMEN-THE MISTAKE OF
THE NEW CATHOLIC DEMOCRACY -THE
1783 CORRECTED
CATHOLIC QUESTION IN 1792- THE GRAND JURIES
BACK-LANE PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER VI.
IRISH
AGITATION-JAMES NAPPER
PROGRESS OF THE UNITED
TANDY AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS-PEEP-OF-DAY BOYS AND
DEFENDERS-THEOBALD WOLFE TONE, HEAD-PACIFICATOR—THE
FOURTEENTH OF JULY, 1792, AT BELFAST-THE BACK-LANE
PARLIAMENT AGAIN-IRISH PAPISTS AT ST. JAMES'S
CHAPTER VII.
SESSION OF 1793-IRISH PAPISTS AT DUBLIN CASTLE-NEGOCIA-
TION, CONCESSION, AND COERCION-THE SECRET COMMITTEE-
THE LAST OF THE VOLUNTEERS-GUNPOWDER AND CONVEN-
TION BILLS-ULTERIOR VIEWS
CHAPTER VIII.
IRELAND IN 1793 AND 1794-THE DEFENDERS AGAIN-THE FIRST
OF THE STATE TRIALS-ARCHIBALD HAMILTON ROWAN-JACK-
SON AND COCKAYNE-END OF THE FIRST SOCIETY OF UNITED
IRISHMEN
CHAPTER IX.
A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE-EARL FITZWILLIAM AND CONCILIATION
-GENEROUS CREDULITY OF THE IRISH PEOPLE-DOUBTS AND
FEARS-THE RECALL
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GATHERING OF THE STORM-
PEEP-OF-DAY
NEW ORGANISATION OF UNITED IRISHMEN
BOYS AGAIN -WILLIAM THRESHAM AND JOHN THRUSTOUT-
BATTLE OF THE DIAMOND-FIRST ORANGE LODGE-INDEMNITY
AND INSURRECTION ACTS-DOMICILIARY VISITS AND ARRESTS
-THE REBEL ARMY GETTING READY.
CHAPTER XI.
THEOBALD WOLFE TONE IN FRANCE-THE BANTRY BAY EXPE-
DITION
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CHAPTER XII.
IRELAND IN 1797-THE LAST OF CONCILIATION AND REFORM-
SECESSION OF THE WHIG OPPOSITION PROGRESS OF THE
UNITED IRISHMEN — GENERAL LAKE'S PROCLAMATION-MAR-
TIAL LAW IN ULSTER
INFORMER
NEWELL-THE DISARMING OF ULSTER-“ THE SPORT OF MAN-
HUNTING". NECESSARY ACTS OF COERCION THE UNITED
IRISHMEN AT THE CLOSE OF 1797-ALLIANCE
SECRET COMMITTEE
DEFENDERS- -" REMEMBER ORR"
WITH THE
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE YEAR 1798-PREPARING FOR THE WAR-MORE DISAPPOINT-
MENTS FROM FRANCE-TRIAL OF FINNEY-O'BRIEN AND THE
BATTALION OF TESTIMONY-MILITARY COMMITTEE-AN ARMY
FORMIDABLE TO EVERY ONE BUT THE ENEMY-THOMAS REY-
NOLDS-ARRESTS OF THE TWELFTH OF MARCH-THE NEW
DIRECTORY-PROCLAMATION OF THE THIRTIETH OF MARCH-
66 WELL-TIMED MEASURES TO MAKE THE REBELLION EXPLODE"
-PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN-THE DAY FIXED
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THE FRENCH COME AT LAST-KILLALA, CASTLEBAR, AND BAL-
LINAMUCK-GENERAL TONE ON BOARD-LOUGH SWILLY-THE
FIRST AND LAST OF THE UNITED IRISHMEN-CONCLUSION
APPENDIX.
TRIAL OF HUGH WOLLAGHAN, FOR THE MURDER OF THOMAS
DOGHERTY
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