Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index
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Modest proposals and Irish futures -- William Petty's final solution -- William Molyneux and the case for Ireland -- Edmund Burke and the case for Union -- Thomas Malthus and Catholic emancipation -- Richard Whately and the end of ascendancy -- Friedrich Engels and the crisis of Irish character -- John Mitchel and the last conquest of Ireland -- James Connolly and Catholic nationalism -- Hanna Sheehy Skeffington versus the Free State -- Jeremiah Newman and Catholic decline -- The lonely passion of Conor Cruise O'Brien -- Fintan O'Toole's second republic -- Ghosts of futures past