Patrick Little is Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament Trust in London

• Introduction: the confederate wars revisited – Patrick Little1 Holding on: the earl of Cork’s Blackwater army and the defence of Protestant Munster, 1641–43 – David Edwards2 The Sea Adventure to Munster and Connacht, July and August 1642 – David Brown3 ‘To hold a good opinion of my loyalty and zealous affections’: the earl of Clanricarde and the royalist cause in Connacht, 1643–46 – Aoife Duignan4 ‘Clotworthy is a zealous man, yet hath his purse well lined’: Sir John Clotworthy, John Davies and the politics of supply, 1644–45 – Andrew Robinson5 The Irish Parliament after the rebellion, 1642–48 – Coleman A. Dennehy6 The recruiter returns to the Irish Parliament, 1642–48 – Bríd McGrath7 The politics of preferment: the marquess of Ormond, Archbishop Ussher and the appointment of Irish bishops, 1643–47 – Patrick Little8 The marquess of Ormond, Lord Montgomery of the Ards, and the problem of authority in Ulster, 1649 – Kevin Forkan9 The confederate Catholics of Ireland and popular politics – Eamon Darcy10 Oliver Cromwell, priestcraft, and the ‘deluded and seduced’ people of Ireland – John MorrillIndex

'All of the articles are of a very high standard and individually and collectively enhance our understanding of the period 1641–50 in early modern Irish history as part of MUP’s series. For the historian of political institutions, parliaments, and representative assemblies, there is much to learn and take for a greater understanding and awareness of important developments in Ireland during such a turbulent period. This is well worth a read.'Parliaments, Estates & Representation