Part One: The religious enlightenment, 1688-1730

The Presbyterian enlightenment and the nature of man

The Anglican enlightenment and the nature of God

The Catholic enlightenment and the nature of law

Part Two: Social enlightenment, ca.1730-ca.1760

Languages of civility

The enlightened counter public

Communities of interest

Part Three: Political enlightenment, ca.1760-1798

A culture of trust?

Fracturing the Irish enlightenment

An enlightened civil war

Conclusion: Ireland's missing modernity.