Archive - Ireland and the Age of Revolution

Letter from John Black to his brother, George Black, 19 January 1803.

In this letter, much of what arose in last weeks blog about John Black is discussed or at least briefly mentioned. From the arrival of Fullarton to…

Apr 15 •

John Black, a Belfast Blackguard and Slaver of Trinidad, 1799-1836.

Last time we looked at the Attorney Generalship of Kerry born Michael Keane, who made a career as a colonial official in the Caribbean, mostly based on…

Apr 8 •

March 2024

Returning to Ireland for the Chief Secretary, Augustus Hervey.

In the company of the gentry.

Mar 19 •

Attorney General Michael Keane, the 'benevolent' slaver of St Vincent (September, 1788).

4 September 1788: to Miss Christian Shewcraft.

Mar 11 •

Attorney General Michael Keane of St Vincent, 1787-90.

A glimpse into the wider Irish Atlantic world of the late eighteenth century

Mar 4 •

February 2024

Rev. William F. Jackson; an Ox-bridge Education?

What do we know and more importantly what do we not know?

Feb 19 •

View of Ireland by T. Wolfe Tone, April 1794.

A memorandum written by Theobald Wolfe Tone at the request of Rev William F. Jackson, April 1794.

Feb 12 •

The Eagle Catchers: the 87th Regiment of Foot and the Capture of the French Eagle at the Battle of Barrosa, 5 March 1811.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the French Imperial Eagle held its place as the supreme standard within the army – it mirrored the ancient roman eagle…

Feb 6 •

January 2024

Thomas Paine and Ireland in the 1790s

From and unengaged perspective, to an enthusiastic advocate of Irish radical causes.

Jan 22 •

December 2023

An update on 2023: where've I been?

Hello! Some of you by now have, I’m sure, noticed that Ireland and the Age of Revolutions has fallen rather silent. I started a new job not too long ago…

Dec 22, 2023 •

November 2023

W.E.H. Lecky on the Penal Laws (1892)

I have in many of the posts written here spoken, either in passing or in quite a bit of detail about the Penal Laws in Ireland. These were a series of…

Nov 6, 2023 •

October 2023

'Silent Participants' of Empire: the O'Rourke sisters of Saint-Domingue, Nantes and Wexford, 1788-1805.

The history of the eighteenth and nineteenth century has for a long time been a very top down affair - ‘great men’ history, high politics and big events…

Oct 23, 2023 •

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