some individual clerics offered support to the anti-Treaty side during the Civil War, as Brian Heffernan explains Despite the omnipresence of the Catholic Church in Irish society, our picture of ...

The Irish government’s position as outlined ... a veiled reference to the stance of the Catholic bishops.. During the Civil War 1,500 people lost their lives, people of honour and heroism ...

Ireland began 2023 with a new leader. The appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) on Dec. 17 was ground-breaking, though you could be forgiven if you did not notice this ...

The Irish Catholic Church should follow the example of Pope Francis and apologise for its treatment of Irish republicans during the Civil War as the pope had done in relation to events in his own ...

Why did Tweed earn the “everlasting loyalty” of many during the Civil War? Based on the clip, why did the “bond” between Tweed and New York City’s Irish Catholics deepen after the Civil War?

(3 April 1920) A small minority of Irish Catholics, the most notable of whom was journalist Katherine Hughes, favoured a republic for Ireland. When civil war erupted in Ireland between republican ...

Though most were Catholic, Erskine Childers for example ... Commandant-General WRE Murphy. Picture: Irish Civil War in Colour/Gillbooks.ie National Army commanders Emmett Dalton and Eoin O ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin reflected on the service of people from all communities in Ireland The role played by Irish ... Catholics felt poorly treated by the Stormont government after the war ...

Father Colgan strongly backed the Union in the Civil War. The 1863 Draft Act – which permitted drafted men to meet their obligation by paying $300 – provoked riots in many poor districts, including ...