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15%OFFDavid Lawlor - LAWLOR:DIVINE RIGHT? P/B (R) - 9781859184448 - V9781859184448
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LAWLOR:DIVINE RIGHT? P/B (R)

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Description for LAWLOR:DIVINE RIGHT? P/B (R) paperback. Offers an account of the dramatic events of the Parnell split in Meath challenges the accepted view that Irish priests could lead their people only in the political direction that they wished to go. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 80. Weight in Grams: 444.
This unique account of the dramatic events of the Parnell split in Meath challenges the accepted view that Irish priests could lead their people only in the political direction that they wished to go. Meath people were devoted to Charles Stewart Parnell, who had entered Westminster as their MP in 1875. The loyalty of many of them was unaffected by the divorce court revelation in 1890 of his adultery with Katharine O'Shea, which caused the split that continued even after his death in 1891. However, Bishop Thomas Nulty preached that no Parnellite voter could 'continue a Catholic' but then claimed ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859184448
SKU
V9781859184448
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About David Lawlor
David Lawlor is a native of Navan, from where his family's bakery business traded throughout Meath for generations up to 1970. He is great-grandson, grandson and grand-nephew, respectively, of William, Daniel and James Lawlor who appear in this book. David went to the local St Patrick's classical school and trained as a journalist on the Meath Chronicle. Having ... Read more

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A valuable study of the Parnell split at grassroots level The Irish Catholic

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