Eamon Maher, Eugene O’Brien, Tracing the Legacy of Irish Catholicism. From Galway to Cloyne and Beyond, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2017

This volume is the latest study of the challenges and prospects of contemporary Irish Catholicism. The word “legacy” suggests that the contributors write on the assumption that Irish Catholicism is dead. What is Irish Catholicism, and what about it is dead? To answer these questions, the editors look at Irish Catholicism with cultural lenses, bringing together academic contributors across the spectrum of the humanities as well as voices from the Church and ..