Ireland's empire : the Roman Catholic Church in the English-speaking world, 1829-1914 / Colin Barr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barr, Colin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Ireland--History--20th century.

Catholic Church--History--19th century.

History.

Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Irish--Foreign countries--History--19th century.

Irish.

Irish--Foreign countries--History--20th century.

Emigration and immigration.

Irish--Foreign countries.

English-speaking countries.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 566 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

How did the Irish stay Irish? Why are Irish and Catholic still so often synonymous in the English-speaking world? Ireland's Empire is the first book to examine the complex relationship between Irish migrants and Roman Catholicism in the nineteenth century on a truly global basis. Drawing on more than 100 archives on five continents, Colin Barr traces the spread of Irish Roman Catholicism across the English-speaking world and explains how the Catholic Church became the vehicle for Irish diasporic identity in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and India between 1829 and 1914. The world these Irish Catholic bishops, priests, nuns, and laity created endured long into the twentieth century, and its legacy is still present today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-515) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1107040922

9781107040922

OCLC:

1100774923