Summaries of Addresses of Presidents of Sections: Pleistocene History of the Irish Sea

Nature ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 187 (4740) ◽  
pp. 842-843
Keyword(s):  
Irish Sea ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Irish Sea

The Limits of Latitudinarianism: English Reactions to Bishop Clayton's An Essay on Spirit

1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-433
Author(s):  
NIGEL ASTON
Keyword(s):  
Broad Band ◽  
Irish Sea ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Irish Sea ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
The Church

Publication of An essay on spirit in 1750 was, on the face of it, no particular landmark in the history of heterodoxy. There had been arguments in Anglican circles since the 1680s about ‘mystery’ and the Holy Trinity, all part of the assault on fundamental articles of belief waged by such critics as John Toland and Anthony Collins after the Revolution Settlement, a time when interest in Arian ideas was reviving among Isaac Newton's followers, particularly Samuel Clarke and William Whiston. An essay on spirit – this latest expression of a highly developed Arianism – was couched in scholastic, even esoteric language, of apparent interest only to controversialists on either side of the question. What, however, made it a cause célèbre was the talk from the moment it left the press that its author and apologist for what we have recently been reminded was the archetypal Christian deviation was none other than one of the most senior members of the Church of Ireland – the bishop of Clogher, Robert Clayton, himself an Englishman by birth. Though not every commentator could or would believe this ascription, the bishop himself never attempted to deny it and, before long, the unsettling evidence of the extent to which heresy had penetrated the highest circles of the Anglican establishment was beyond serious doubt. Its appearance (and the writings which followed) led to vigorous counter-blasts on both sides of the Irish Sea from a range of clerical and lay opinion that extended well beyond the confines of any church ‘party’. Having spent the previous half century countering, with some success, the different strains of deism and free-thinking on the frontiers of Anglicanism, a broad band of clergy was alarmed that Clayton's writings of the 1750s bore disturbing witness to the presence of traitors within the citadel who, in challenging the Church to tolerate their continued presence, were ready to endanger its moderate latitudinarian character. Moreover, An essay on spirit appeared at a time when the writings of Middleton and Hume also demanded the notice of theologians, and the ‘Church in Danger!’ had not ceased to be an appropriate battle cry to marginalised Tories.

1. The origins of the Troubles

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-28
Author(s):  
Marc Mulholland
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Irish Sea ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
The Troubles ◽  
Long Span ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Irish Sea

The conflict in Northern Ireland was the product of the collision of two groups and, over the long span of time, involved much more peaceful coexistence than active conflict. This was never, however, particularly happy cohabitation. ‘The origins of the Troubles’ outlines the history of Northern Ireland from the bloody conquest of Catholic Gaelic Ulster by Elizabethan England at the end of the 16th century through to partition and the start of sectarian violence. It describes the 17th-century Protestant migration from across the Irish Sea and subsequent Catholic rebellions. The Irish Home Rule movement is also discussed, along with the steps that led to partition and the establishment of the Northern Ireland state.

Draining the Irish Sea

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Groom
Keyword(s):  
Land Reclamation ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Irish Sea ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
British Imperialism ◽  
Folklore Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
South Sea ◽  
The Irish Sea ◽  
The Impact

In 1722, an anonymous author published Thoughts of a Project for Draining the Irish Channel. This neglected work is a satire on both the South Sea Bubble and Anglo-Irish politics, capitalizing on the craze for speculation, scientific advances in hydraulics, resource management, political arithmetic, and improvement. This chapter accordingly argues that land reclamation was an effective metaphor for Anglo-Irish policy and British imperialism, which in turn raised questions of national identity, regional connectivity, and environmental management. It introduces new evidence to historicize coastal work by blending textual criticism, political and legal analysis, regional folklore studies, and counterfactual history. The chapter provides a history of the Irish Sea and an account of maritime trade and property rights, as well as an analysis of the pamphlet itself (including its connections to the work of Jonathan Swift). It ends with a thought experiment imagining the impact had the channel actually been drained.

The Quaternary History of the Irish Sea

1978 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
N. L. Falcon ◽  
C. Kidson ◽  
M. J. Tooley
Keyword(s):  
Irish Sea ◽  
History Of ◽  
Quaternary History ◽  
The Irish Sea
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