Part one: Background
Introduction / James Kelly & Martyn J. Powell
Club life in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Ireland : in search of an associational world, c.1680-c.1730 / Patrick Walsh Part two: Intellectual and improving societies
The Dublin Society and other improving societies, 1731-85 / Toby Barnard
Charitable societies : their genesis and development, 1720-1800 / James Kelly
Dublin's commercial clubs / Lisa Marie Griffith
Annuity societies in eighteenth-century Ireland / Jennifer Kelly
Book clubs and reading societies in the late eighteenth century / Johanna Archbold
Configuring the Irish Enlightenment : reading the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy / Michael Brown
Part three: Political societies
Loyal societies in Ireland, 1690-1790 / Jacqueline Hill
The Aldermen of Skinner's Alley : ultra-Protestantism before the Orange Order/ Martyn J. Powell
The patriot clubs of the 1750s / Bob Harris
The Society of Free Citizens and other popular political clubs, 1749-89 / Martyn J. Powell
Elite political clubs, 1770-1800 / James Kelly
Opposition political clubs and societies, 1790-8 / Ultán Gillen
Part four: Convivial, sociable and sporting societies
Masonic sociability and its limitations : the case of Ireland / Petri Mirala
The Dublin Hellfire Club / David Ryan
"Beef, claret and communication" : convivial clubs in the public sphere, 1750-1800 / Martyn J. Powell
The Bar Club, 1787-93 : a dining club case study / James Kelly
Hunting clubs and societies / Martyn J. Powell
The pastime of the elite : clubs and societies and the promotion of horse racing / James Kelly
Part five: Regional sociability
Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Munster / David A. Fleming
Loyal clubs and societies in Ulster, 1770-1800 / Allan Blackstock
Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Belfast / Eoin Magennis
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Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Ireland. ISBN 9781846822292. Published by Four Courts Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
