Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Preface to the 1998 Reprint Map of Ireland Introduction Eighteenth-Century Ireland: Politics, Economy, Society Agrarian Rebels, Secret Societies and Defenders, 1761-91 'Rumours of War': The Catholic Agitation, 1791-3 Radical Ideology, Popular Politics and Parliamentary Reform The Rise of the Defenders, 1793-5 From Pre-Industrial Crowd to Revolutionary Underground: Dublin's Street Politics, 1759-97 The Politics of Disaffection, 1795-9 Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

JIM SMYTH, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and Cambridge University, is Associate Professor of Irish and British History at the University of Notre Dame. Formerly a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Dr Smyth has taught at Christ Church, Oxford, and Robinson College, Cambridge.