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For God and Ireland : the fight for moral superiority in Ireland, 1922-1932 / M.P. McCabe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 310 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780716531944
  • 0716531941
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: For God and Ireland : The Fight for Moral Superiority in Ireland 1922-1932.DDC classification:
  • 941.50822 23
LOC classification:
  • BL65.P7 M33 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Front Matter; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Gospel of Irish Nationalism; CHAPTER TWO Moral Duopoly: Episcopal Pronouncements and Republican Reactions; CHAPTER THREE Roman Rule?: Vatican Involvement in Irish Affairs; CHAPTER FOUR The Politics of Desperation?: Executions and Hunger Strikes; CHAPTER FIVE The Problem of Partition: Pragmatism versus Principle and the Six Counties; Conclusion: Fianna Fáil and the Bishops, 1926-1932; Appendix A: Biographical Notes; Appendix B: Monsignor Salvatore Luzio's Report to Cardinal Gasparri; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: In recent years, two institutional pillars of Irish society, the Catholic Church and Fianna Fail, have dramatically crumbled in prestige. Together they held up much of 20th-century Irish life, in (apparently) mutually-supporting ways. In contrast to this harmonious image, author M.P. McCabe examines their often strikingly difficult relationship at the birth of the modern Irish state. For God and Ireland argues for an all-encompassing assessment of the relationship between these competing bodies. The result is a study of rhetoric giving way to pragmatism. Each side longed to achieve moral su.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)651922

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Gospel of Irish Nationalism; CHAPTER TWO Moral Duopoly: Episcopal Pronouncements and Republican Reactions; CHAPTER THREE Roman Rule?: Vatican Involvement in Irish Affairs; CHAPTER FOUR The Politics of Desperation?: Executions and Hunger Strikes; CHAPTER FIVE The Problem of Partition: Pragmatism versus Principle and the Six Counties; Conclusion: Fianna Fáil and the Bishops, 1926-1932; Appendix A: Biographical Notes; Appendix B: Monsignor Salvatore Luzio's Report to Cardinal Gasparri; Bibliography; Index.

In recent years, two institutional pillars of Irish society, the Catholic Church and Fianna Fail, have dramatically crumbled in prestige. Together they held up much of 20th-century Irish life, in (apparently) mutually-supporting ways. In contrast to this harmonious image, author M.P. McCabe examines their often strikingly difficult relationship at the birth of the modern Irish state. For God and Ireland argues for an all-encompassing assessment of the relationship between these competing bodies. The result is a study of rhetoric giving way to pragmatism. Each side longed to achieve moral su.

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