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The Conflict between the Irish Administration and Parliament, 1753–6

1942; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0021121400034817

2056-4139

John McCracken,

Irish and British Studies

The history of eighteenth-century Ireland prior to the Volunteer movement is remarkably uneventful, but two episodes ruffled its political calm. They were the Wood's halfpence dispute of 1723–5, and the conflict between the Irish administration and parliament, 1753–6. It was the extent and vehemence of the opposition experienced by the administration in 1723–5 that led to the evolution of the undertakers—powerful members of parliament who undertook to conduct government business through the house of commons in return for a share in the disposal of patronage.