The Vatican, the bishops, and Irish politics, 1919-39
By: Dermot Keogh.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Ireland.; Church and state -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church.; Ireland -- Church history.; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: William Walsh and the Anglo-Vatican tradition; title: The papacy, the bishops and the Anglo-Irish war, 1919-1921; title: The hierarchy and the treaty; title: The Vatican and the civil war; title: Gumann na nGaedheal and the quest for legitimacy; title: Cosgrave, de Valera and the confessional challenge; title: De Valera, Fianna Fail and the Catholic church.