{"product_id":"irish-catholic-identities-9780719084959","title":"Irish Catholic Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the historical developments that shaped Irish identity and linked it so closely to Catholicism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Irish Catholic Identities represents a great sweep of Irish history covering periods when Catholics at times despaired of a future to the present day when anxieties about the future occupy many peoples' thoughts. The highs and lows of Catholic attitutes to the state, their perceptions of themselves and the perceptions of others are discussed in a wide-ranging, varied and original way that should prove of great interest and value to scholars and general readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e(Ambrose Macaulay, The Furrow, September 2014)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a volume to which someone such as myself, with a genuine fascination for the subject matter, is immediately attracted, but there is plenty between its covers for anyone even remotely interested in the interplay between religion and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Theeditor of this book must be commended for focusing our attention on amuch-neglected field. The collection reflects something of the state of the artin the study of Irish identity formation and has much of interest for studentsof Irish history. It is certainly a subject that requires furtherconsideration.’\u003cbr\u003eHenryA. Jefferies, Ulster University, Irish Economic and Social History 44 (1)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Oliver P. Rafferty\u003cbr\u003ePart I: The Celts, Catholicism and the middle ages\u003cbr\u003e1. Gaelic and Catholic in the early middle ages – Bernhard Maier\u003cbr\u003e2. Island of saints and scholars: myth or reality? – Donnchadh Ó Corráin \u003cbr\u003e3. The devotional landscape of medieval Irish cultural Catholicism inter hibernicos et inter anglicos,\u003cbr\u003ec.1200–c.1550 – Salvador Ryan\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Early modern struggles\u003cbr\u003e4. Irish political Catholicism from the 1530s to 1660 – David Finnegan \u003cbr\u003e5. The ‘absenting of the bishop of Armagh’: Eucharistic controversy and the English origins of Irish Catholic identity, 1550–51 – James Murray \u003cbr\u003e6. Henry Fitzsimon, the Irish Jesuits and Catholic identity in the early modern period – Brian Jackson\u003cbr\u003e7. Gaelic Catholicism and the Ulster plantation – Raymond Gillespie\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Identity formation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e8. Irish-language sources for Irish Catholic identity since the early modern period: a brief survey –Éamonn Ó Ciardha\u003cbr\u003e9. The penal laws against Irish Catholics: were they too good for them? – Thomas Bartlett\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Culture, women and the American diaspora\u003cbr\u003e10. Irish Catholic culture in the nineteenth century: a study in perjury – Owen Dudley Edwards\u003cbr\u003e11. The voices of Catholic women in Ireland, 1800–1921 – Caitriona Clear \u003cbr\u003e12. Irish diaspora Catholicism in North America – David Doyle\u003cbr\u003ePart V: English Catholics and Irish identity\u003cbr\u003e13. Brethren in Christ: Frederick Lucas and social Catholicism in Ireland – Patrick Maume \u003cbr\u003e14. The ‘greening’ of Cardinal Manning – Fergal Casey\u003cbr\u003ePart VI: Faith, wealth and Catholic Unionism\u003cbr\u003e15. Power, wealth and Catholic identity in Ireland, 1850–1900 – Ciaran O’Neill\u003cbr\u003e16. The Esmonde family of Co. Wexford and Catholic loyalty – Richard Keogh and James McConnel \u003cbr\u003e17. Catholic Unionism: a case study: Sir Denis Stanislaus Henry (1864–1925) – Éamon Phoenix\u003cbr\u003ePart VII: Contemporary expressions of Catholic and Irish identity\u003cbr\u003e18. Identity and political fragmentation in independent Ireland, 1923–83 – Louise Fuller \u003cbr\u003e19. Secular prayers: Catholic imagination, modern Irish writing and the case of John McGahern – Frank Shovlin\u003cbr\u003e20. Catholic-Christian identity and modern Irish poetry – Bernard O’Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e21. Northern Catholics and the early years of the Troubles – Oliver P. Rafferty\u003cbr\u003e22. Irish identity and the future of Catholicism – Niall Coll\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037331882327,"sku":"9780719084959","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719084959.jpg?v=1750935328","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/irish-catholic-identities-9780719084959","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}