The Irish Catholic Church is still coming to terms with its dark past. In a series of probing and controversial articles for the Irish Daily Mail, former lecturer in Philosophy at NUI Maynooth Dr Mark Dooley uncovered a culture of clerical disobedience at the heart of the seminary system in Ireland. Those articles became the basis of his book Why Be a Catholic? (London, Continuum, 2011). 'Reclaiming the Irish Church' sheds further light on the seminary system and the Irish Episcopacy, arguing that both need radical restructuring if the Church is to reclaim its moral standing. Only when the seminaries are fit for purpose, and when the Episcopacy is radically reformed, will the Irish Church overcome its past and offer fresh hope for the futu...
As an institution the Catholic Church is an unhealthy organisation, bad for your health in its curre...
Today, the majority of Ireland’s population remains Roman Catholic. In the midst of rising trends ...
In a seminal article published in Studies in 1965, Augustine Martin noted now Irish writers were cha...
This volume is the latest study of the challenges and prospects of contemporary Irish Catholic...
The Irish Roman Catholic Church was affected by deep and far-reaching changes from the early...
Abstract Throughout the period of 1972-2022 and previously, Catholicism has been a robust aspect of ...
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Catholicism was a defining element of Irish national ident...
Despite the involvement of radical socialists like James Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army in the ...
It has been said that the Irish are the most catechised but among the least evangelised in Europe. ...
In this study, I have explored Irish Catholicism in Dublin, and the relationship and tension between...
Review of the book Piety and privilege: catholic secondary schooling in ireland and the theocratic s...
THIS review-article sets about assessing the significance of a new collection of essays edited by To...
In the 1950s the strength of religious practice in Irish society was unique in Europe. Yet some outs...
MOST CITIZENS OF THE Republic of Ireland describe themselves in their census returns as Roman Cathol...
The Irish government has committed to adopting a ‘transitional justice’ approach to an ongoing inves...
As an institution the Catholic Church is an unhealthy organisation, bad for your health in its curre...
Today, the majority of Ireland’s population remains Roman Catholic. In the midst of rising trends ...
In a seminal article published in Studies in 1965, Augustine Martin noted now Irish writers were cha...
This volume is the latest study of the challenges and prospects of contemporary Irish Catholic...
The Irish Roman Catholic Church was affected by deep and far-reaching changes from the early...
Abstract Throughout the period of 1972-2022 and previously, Catholicism has been a robust aspect of ...
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Catholicism was a defining element of Irish national ident...
Despite the involvement of radical socialists like James Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army in the ...
It has been said that the Irish are the most catechised but among the least evangelised in Europe. ...
In this study, I have explored Irish Catholicism in Dublin, and the relationship and tension between...
Review of the book Piety and privilege: catholic secondary schooling in ireland and the theocratic s...
THIS review-article sets about assessing the significance of a new collection of essays edited by To...
In the 1950s the strength of religious practice in Irish society was unique in Europe. Yet some outs...
MOST CITIZENS OF THE Republic of Ireland describe themselves in their census returns as Roman Cathol...
The Irish government has committed to adopting a ‘transitional justice’ approach to an ongoing inves...
As an institution the Catholic Church is an unhealthy organisation, bad for your health in its curre...
Today, the majority of Ireland’s population remains Roman Catholic. In the midst of rising trends ...
In a seminal article published in Studies in 1965, Augustine Martin noted now Irish writers were cha...