The Anglo-Irish Experience, 1680–1730

With the publication of Ruling Ireland, 1685–1742, in 2004, David Hayton confirmed his reputation as the most penetrating analyst of public politics in later Stuart and early Hanoverian Ireland. In drawing together a second collection of hitherto scattered essays, he consolidates and extends that deservedly high regard. He brings to his analysis of individuals, groups, institutions, attitudes and episodes an unrivalled familiarity with the unpublished sources. Indeed, through his editions of some—such as the papers of Marmaduke Coghill—he has made them more readily accessible. In addition, thanks to long service with the History of Parliament project, he can draw on a deep knowledge of the documentation and detail of English, Welsh and Scottish parliamentary affairs. More recently, in setting Irish high politics in context, he has made stimulating comparisons with representative institutions across Europe (and beyond). In keeping with the deep archival bases on which his essays rest, he is sceptical of wilder speculations and some of the grandiose constructs piled on shallow sands. To read any of these essays is to be reminded of the more durable attractions of secure evidence, precise analysis and careful comparison

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