Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Introduction 1
6. Section 1 LOYALISM DEFINED
7. 1 Antecedents: Loyalty and disaffection in Ireland before 1789 23
8. 2 The Brethren of Britons: The emergence of Irish counter-revolutionary loyalism, 1789–96 39
9. 3 ‘The first up will carry the day’ The mobilisation and militarisation of Irish loyalism, 1796–8 70
10. 4 Closing the ranks: Loyalism monopolised, 1798–1805 97
11. Section 2 LOYALISM IN LIMBO
12. 5 ‘Ceremonial pageantry’ The politics of parading and public display, 1805–15 133
13. 6 The first dissolution and the Second Reformation: Loyalism in decline, 1815–25 169
14. Section 3 LOYALISM, PROTESTANTISM AND POPULAR POLITICS
15. 7 Protestant politics, popular loyalism and public opinion, 1825–8 197
16. 8 The Star of Brunswick 225
17. 9 Epilogue 263
18. Select bibliography 273
19. Index 285