Subjects
The 1641 Depositions and the Irish Rebellion
Editors: Eamon Darcy, Annaleigh Margey and Elaine Murphy
Warfare, Society and Culture
978 1 84893 219 7: 234x156mm: £60.00/$99.00
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The 1641 depositions are among the most important documents relating to early modern Irish history. This essay collection is part of a major project run by Trinity College, Dublin, using the depositions to investigate the life and culture of seventeenth-century Ireland. The 1641 Rebellion – as well as other key sieges of the period – is discussed in the light of new information, and the potential for further research using this resource is assessed. As the first systematic investigation of the depositions and their context, this collection will make a significant contribution to our understanding of this period.
Readership
Irish History, Early Modern Period
Contents
Introduction – Eamon Darcy, Annaleigh Margey and Elaine Murphy
Part I: The Outbreak of the Rebellion
1 Owen Connolly, Hugh Og MacMahon and the 1641 Rebellion in Clogher – Andrew Robinson
2 What do the Depositions Say About the Outbreak of of the 1641 Rising? – David Finnegan
3 Mapping the Outbreak of the Rebellion: Robberies in County Cavan (October 1641) – Ciska Neyts
4 Mount Taragh's Triumph: Commitment and Organization in the Early Stages of the 1641 Rebellion in Meath – Bríd McGrath
Part II: Social Aspects of the Rebellion
5 'In Monies and Other Requistites': The 1641 Depositions and the Social Role of Credit in Early Seventeenth-Century Ireland – Patricia Stapleton
6 1641 and the Ulster Plantation Towns – Annaleigh Margey
7 The Social Order of the 1641 Rebellion – Eamon Darcy
8 'Rogues, Villaines and Base Trulls': Constructing the 'Other' in the 1641 Depositions – Nicci MacLeod
Part III: Political and Military Aspects of the Rebellion
9 'Holy War'? Religion, Ethnicity and Massacre during the Irish Rebellion, 1641–2 – Inga Jones
10 Siege of Duncannon Fort in 1641 and 1642 – Elaine Murphy
11 1641 and the Shaping of Cromwellian Ireland – John Cunningham
12 The Trial of Lord Maguire and 'Print Culture' – Charlene Adair
Conclusion: The Rebellion in Text and Context – John Morrill