Tracing the Cultural Legacy of Irish Catholicism: From Galway to Cloyne and Beyond
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Tracing the Cultural Legacy of Irish Catholicism: From Galway to Cloyne and Beyond
By (Author) Eamon Maher
By (author) Eugene O'Brien
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
16th March 2017
United Kingdom
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306.682415
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Hardback
248
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
This book traces the steady decline in Irish Catholicism from the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 up to the Cloyne report into clerical sex abuse in that diocese in 2011. The young people awaiting the Pope's address in Galway were entertained by two of Ireland's most charismatic clerics, Bishop Eamon Casey and Fr Michael Cleary, both of whom were subsequently revealed to have been engaged in romantic liaisons at the time. The decades that followed the Pope's visit were characterised by the increasing secularisation of Irish society. Boasting an impressive array of contributors from various backgrounds and expertise, the essays in the book attempt to trace the exact reasons for the progressive dismantling of the cultural legacy of Catholicism and the consequences this has had on Irish society. -- .
Reviews
A new book on the issue, Tracing the Cultural Legacy of Irish Catholicism, is highly readablethis timely study is to be recommended.
Mark Patrick Henderman is a monk of Glanstal Abbey in Limerick, The Irish Times, 27/05/2017
Weve heard the constituent elements of the process denied and exaggerated ad nauseam but this book provides them with a context and an analysis that raises the debate to another level y providing thirteen articles, mainly by academics, that help to interpret whats happened, whats happening and what may happen in the future to the lost legacy of a Catholic cultureFor anyone interested in the cultural legacy of Irish Catholicism, this book is a must-read.
Brendan Hoban, priest of the Diocese of Killala, The Furrow, Vol. 68, No. 9, September 2017
Maher and OBrien, who lectures in English Language and Literature at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, have assembled a fascinating series of contributions. In most chapters, the writing and argumentation are accessible to both popular and academic audiences.
Gladys Ganiel, Slugger
Author Bio
Eamon Maher is Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies in IT Tallaght, where he also lectures in Humanities
Eugene OBrien is Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Mary Immaculate College and Director of the Institute for Irish Studies
