In 1800, two years after the defeat of the rebellion of Protestant and Catholic United Irishmen led by Wolfe Tone, the Act of Union was passed, combining Great Britain and Ireland into one United Kingdom. The Catholic Emancipation Act followed in 1829 chiefly due to the activities of the Ir...
Lang is particularly adept at ferreting out the catholic sources of Joyce's Catholic references, from the Greek liturgy to the Latin mass, as well as copyings from religious pamphleteers of the day. Three editions of Aquinas' Summa Contra...David Galef...
(1878–1916), were noted poets. Although much of the verse written by them is predictably Catholic and Nationalist in outlook, they were competent writers and their work is of considerable historical interest. Pearse, in particular, shows the influence of his contact with the work ofWalt ...
Many of the protagonists have issues with their faith and their Catholic upbringing. The unsettling effect of their crumbling spirituality often adds to the state of crisis in their lives. Tommy, who in the second season of Rescue Me can be seen arguing with Jesus and Mary Magdalene about fait...
Collins asked the Catholic Bishop of Down and Conor, Joseph MacRory, to release Father John Hassan, the administrator in St Mary’s, Chapel Lane in the centre of Belfast, to work on gathering suitable material for a book. Hassan had previously been the parish priest in St Joseph’s in Sa...