Introduction
Part I: Obeying the law of God
1. In the old groove: traditional political alignments
2. The fifth commandment and the brand of Cain: condemnation from
the pulpit
3. Interfering where they shouldn’t: interaction with
republicans
Part II: Republican priests
4. Sinn Féin priests: support for Sinn Féin, the Dáil and local IRA
units
5. Aiding and abetting: priests involved in the IRA campaign
6. Troublesome priests: responses to clerical support for
republicanism
Part III: the clergy and the crown
7. Priest and victim: British measures against the clergy
8. The reign of frightfulness: clerical responses to the British
campaign
9. Preserving the peace: mediation, relief work and political
activism
Epilogue
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Brian Heffernan is a University Lecturer in History at Leiden University
'Brian Heffernan is to be highly commended for this fine study
which will be a standard work on this subject for many years to
come.'
J. Anthony Gaughan, The Irish Catholic, Book Review, 20 June
2014
'For those interested in the war of independence (1919-21), this is
a pageturner. The author describes in considerable detail the role
of priests and bishops during those revolutionary years. In so
doing, he provides a valuable service. Apart from an article
published more than forty years ago by Tomás Ó Fiaich, no-one has
since written specifically on this subject.'
'Meticulously using both archival and newspaper resources, this
worthwhile study examines and classifies the response of Catholic
clergy to the post - 1918 troubles in Ireland.'
JAMES FLINT, ST PROCOPIUS ABBEY, LISLE, ILLINOIS, JOURNAL OF
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1 April 2015
'...hugely impressive, illuminating and excellently researched book
... Heffernan has vividly filled a large gap in historical
knowledge about how priests navigated exceptionally difficult
circumstances and volatile times, and the book deserves wide
readership. Drawing on diocesan archives, newspapers, witness
statements and contemporary correspondence, Heffernan skilfully
weaves these sources together into a judicious, well-written
overview.' - Dairmaid Ferriter, Irish Times review. January
2016
‘A riveting publication’
Dublin Review of Books, December 2016, Thomas FitzGerald is an
Irish research council scholar at Trinity College Dublin
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