title: The Oxford Companion to Irish History (Oxford Paper Reference)
author: S. J. Connolly
description: Review from previous edition: "a serious reference work which, unusually, is also a rewarding read for the casual browser...[a] good Companion to student, historian or lay reader alike" --Neil Johnston, Belfast Telegraph<br /><br />"an invaluable work of reference that will inform, educate and might even entertain...this book has something valuable to tell armchair republicans, loyalist community workers, Dublin e-commerce execs, A-level students and everybody in between" --Joanna Braniff, Irish News<br /><br />"a comprehensive and authoritative guide" --Daphne Abernethy, News Letter<br /><br />"a marvellous companion for the economic and business historian" --Belfast Telegraph<br /><br />"a fascinating and illuminating book which will provide hours of leisurely enjoyment" --David Granville, Irish Democrat<br /><br />"a compilation which, without sacrificing scholarship, triumphantly lays before the reader so much that is both useful and new...this is a companion to be cherished" --Toby Barnard, TLS<br /><br />"will provide an essential reference work for all journalists, historians, diplomats and indeed anyone who wishes to find out quickly the who, the when, and the what in Irish history" --Thomas Bartlett, Irish Times<br /><br />"judicious and authoritative...invaluable to academics and taxi drivers alike" --Roy Foster, The Times<br /><br />"packed with small nuggets of knowledge...consistently stimulating and instructive...irresistible for browsing" --Victoria Glendenning, Daily Telegraph<br /><br />"fine book of reference" --Edward Pearce, History Today
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  # Lord George Bentinck
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Benjamin Disraeli
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER I. The Man](loben_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. The Protection Problem](loben_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. The Irish Question](loben_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. The Cure for Irish Ills](loben_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. The Passing of O'Connell.](loben_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. A Third Party](loben_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. Railroads for Ireland](loben_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. The Versatility of Lord George
  
  
  Bentinck
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. The Great Panic](loben_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. The Jews](loben_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. Jewish Disabilities](loben_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII. Leader Perforce](loben_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII. The Curtain Falls](loben_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  
  
  