The Irish dissenting tradition, 1650-1750
By: edited by Kevin Herlihy.
Contributors: Herlihy, Kevin.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Dissenters, Religious -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses.; Protestants -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses.; Dissenters, Religious -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Protestants -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Ireland -- Church history -- 17th century -- Congresses.; Ireland -- Church history -- 18th century -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This collection of essays presents new and important historical scholarship in a much neglected area of Irish social and ecclesiastical history.

At times Protestant dissent in Ireland has been mistakenly characterised as being synonymous with Ulster Presbyterians. Professional historians have seldom tackled the historical problems of Irish religious minorities and sects other than Presbyterians; the lesser known religious groups, especially those religious communities who never engaged in a comprehensive history of their own, have largely gone unnoticed.

This volume attempts to fill this historiographical gap in Irish history, presenting new information that gives a better understanding of Irish Protestant Dissent.

The book is divided into two sections. The first section examines various definitions of Protestant dissent and their implications in dealings with both the government and the established church. The second section deals with more specific areas in the study of Irish Protestant dissent. In separate essays the Baptist, Quaker, French Huguenot and Palatine communities are placed in the context of the wider Protestant community and eighteenth-century society in general.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally presented at an annual conference held at Archibishop Narcissus Marsh's Library, March 19, 1994.