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.