Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Dedication
- Preface
- Editorial Note
- List of Principal Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Rise of the House of Conolly, 1662–1729
- 2 From Lawyer to Politician, 1685–1703
- 3 ‘A Cunning Intriguing Spark’: Conolly and the Williamite Confiscation, 1690–1703
- 4 The Making of ‘A Very Great Fortune’: The Accumulation and Management of the Conolly Patrimony, 1690–1729
- 5 A Lover of Business: Conolly in Parliament, 1703–14
- 6 The ‘Great Man of the North’: Conolly’s Electoral Interest in North-West Ulster
- 7 ‘The only man of application among our commissioners’: Conolly at the Revenue Board, 1709–29
- 8 ‘The Chief of Our Friends’: Parliamentary Management and the Rise of the Undertakers, 1715–29
- 9 ‘An Ornament to the Country’: Castletown, Patriotism and the Making of the Ascendancy, 1722–9
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Dedication
- Preface
- Editorial Note
- List of Principal Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Rise of the House of Conolly, 1662–1729
- 2 From Lawyer to Politician, 1685–1703
- 3 ‘A Cunning Intriguing Spark’: Conolly and the Williamite Confiscation, 1690–1703
- 4 The Making of ‘A Very Great Fortune’: The Accumulation and Management of the Conolly Patrimony, 1690–1729
- 5 A Lover of Business: Conolly in Parliament, 1703–14
- 6 The ‘Great Man of the North’: Conolly’s Electoral Interest in North-West Ulster
- 7 ‘The only man of application among our commissioners’: Conolly at the Revenue Board, 1709–29
- 8 ‘The Chief of Our Friends’: Parliamentary Management and the Rise of the Undertakers, 1715–29
- 9 ‘An Ornament to the Country’: Castletown, Patriotism and the Making of the Ascendancy, 1722–9
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Making of the Irish Protestant AscendancyThe Life of William Conolly, 1662-1729, pp. 221 - 229Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010