Priests and people in pre-famine Ireland, 1780-1845 / S. J. Connolly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connolly, Sean, 1951-

Series:

Four Courts history classics

Four courts history classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Ireland--History--18th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Ireland--History--19th century.

Church and social problems--Ireland.

Church and social problems.

History.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

285 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts, [2001]

Summary:

This book has established itself as one of the outstandingly original contributions to Irish social history in recent times. It surveys both popular and official Catholicism in the two generations before the Famine. It examines the condition of the Catholic Church and its clergy, and the nature of popular religious ideas and practice. It also investigates those areas of Irish social life where traditional conduct was being challenged by the Catholic Church authorities -- patterns and wakes; marriage and sexual behaviour; and the problem of public order, particularly in relation to the activities of agrarian secret societies and of feuding local factions.

Contents:

1 Pre-famine Ireland: religion and society 35

2 The Catholic church 50

3 Popular and official religion 91

4 Wakes and patterns 141

5 Marriage and sexual behaviour 173

6 'Vile and wicked conspiracies' 208

7 Priests, church and people: pre-famine and post-famine 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical rerefernces (pages 263-276) and index.

ISBN:

1851825576

OCLC:

43541372