Introduction
The rise of the house of Conolly, 1662-1729
From lawyer to politician, 1685-1703
'A cunning intriguing spark': Conolly and the Williamite confiscation, 1690-1703
The making of a 'very great fortune': the accumulation and management of the Conolly patrimony, 1690-1729
A lover of business: Conolly in Parliament, 1703-14
The 'great man of the north': Conolly's electoral interest in north-west Ulster
'The only man of application among our commissioners': Conolly at the revenue board, 1709-1729
'The chief of our friends': Parliamentary management and the rise of the undertakers, 1715-1729
'An ornament to the country': Castletown, patriotism and the making of the ascendancy, 1722-1729