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Ireland in the Stuart papers . Edited by Patrick Fagan. 2 vols. Pp 341; 303. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 1995. IR£75.

SOURCE material for the history of the Catholic church in early eighteenth-century Ireland is scarce. From the evidence that survives in repositories outside Ireland, it is clear that extensive contemporary documentation was generated by bishops, clergy and laity. Its poor survival rate within the country is clearly linked to the disabilities under which the church operated at that time. Material in foreign archives, therefore, is of major importance for historians, yet a peculiar feature of the historiography of this period is the reluctance of scholars to consult these vital documents. Patrick Fagan, a notable exception to this general rule, has exploited such resources to great effect. In what is technically his retirement he has written pioneering and well-received studies of two early eighteenth-century Catholic figures, Father Cornelius Nary and Bishop Sylvester Lloyd. With enviable industry and energy he has now produced a valuable two-volume collection of source material for this period. The Stuart papers in these volumes cover the period 1719-65 and relate to James Francis Edward Stuart, son of King James II and generally termed the Pretender. The editor insists that this usage is incorrect, asserting that James was 'undoubtedly the de jure king of Great Britain and Ireland and . . . the real pretender was sitting on the throne of England'. This correspondence of James and his advisers is basically that of the Stuart court in exile in Rome. The original documents are, ironically, now in the royal archives at Windsor Castle, having been acquired by the British government in the early nineteenth century. Microfilm copies are available both in the British Library and the University of London library. From the 80,000 items in the collection, the editor has selected those which deal with, or refer to, Irish affairs.