Outlines how William Conolly rose from a Catholic, relatively humble background, how he acquired very significant wealth, held many key political positions and patronised the architects who fashioned Georgian Dublin and Irish country houses. His life illustrates how the protestant ascendancy was consolidated, but also shows that the ascendancy was not a closed elite, and that it contained a strong strand of Irish patriotism, being much more than the instrument of British rule in Ireland.
Outlines how William Conolly rose from a Catholic, relatively humble background, how he acquired very significant wealth, held many key political positions and patronised the architects who fashioned Georgian Dublin and Irish country houses. His life illustrates how the protestant ascendancy was consolidated, but also shows that the ascendancy was not a closed elite, and that it contained a strong strand of Irish patriotism, being much more than the instrument of British rule in Ireland.
Introduction The rise of the house of Conolly 1662-1729 From lawyer to politician 1685-1703 'A cunning intriguing spark': Conolly and the Williamite confiscation 1690-1703 The making of a 'very great fortune': the accumulation and management of the Conolly patrimony 1690-1729 A lover of business: Conolly in Parliament 1703-14 The 'great man of the north': Conolly's electoral interest in north-west Ulster 'The only man of application among our commissioners': Conolly at the revenue board 1709-1729 'The chief of our friends': Parliamentary management and the rise of the undertakers 1715-1729 'An ornament to the country': Castletown patriotism and the making of the ascendancy 1722-1729
Introduction The rise of the house of Conolly 1662-1729 From lawyer to politician 1685-1703 'A cunning intriguing spark': Conolly and the Williamite confiscation 1690-1703 The making of a 'very great fortune': the accumulation and management of the Conolly patrimony 1690-1729 A lover of business: Conolly in Parliament 1703-14 The 'great man of the north': Conolly's electoral interest in north-west Ulster 'The only man of application among our commissioners': Conolly at the revenue board 1709-1729 'The chief of our friends': Parliamentary management and the rise of the undertakers 1715-1729 'An ornament to the country': Castletown patriotism and the making of the ascendancy 1722-1729
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