Description
Used – Good condition, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket.
Photo is of actual book, see for condition.
No damage to boards.
Binding in good condition.
Some signs of wear on the dust wrapper.
No other noticeable marks or flaws.
Synopsis:
This book focuses on the role played by clergymen of different denominations in the 1798 Irish Rebellion. Daire Keogh opens the book with a review of the Catholic Church and radical politics during the period, and Raamoinn Ó Muir describes the tragic career of the Armagh priest, James Coigly, who was executed at Maidstone. Nicholas Furlong gives a biographical account of the celebrated Fr Murphy of Boolavogue. W. D. Bailie chooses William Steel Dickson, a Presbyterian minister who was a leader of the United Irishmen in Co Down and who ended his life in exclusion and poverty for his commitment to the cause. His fellow Presbyterian ministers, involved in what has been described as a “”Presbyterian Rebellion””, are sketched by William McMillan, as the Catholic priests in the Wexford Rebellion are detailed by Kevin Whelan. The involvement of the Protestant (Anglican) clergy in Wexford is discussed by Patrick Comerford, while Sheila Molloy deals with priests in the Connacht rebellion. Liam Swords concentrates on Irish priests and students in revolutionary Paris, while Louis Cullen sets the overall context, historical and ecclesiastical.
