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Michael Duggan
A masterly account of Ireland's descent into civil war
the battle of the four courts by michael fewer, head of zeus, 320pp, £20/$30 michael fewer’s the battle of the four courts is an account of ...
Evangelisation is a tightrope - but Our Lady can help us find our balance
mary, star of evangelization: tilling the soil and sowing the seed by jacob phillips paulist press, 192pp, £24.99/$24.95 pity the catholic e...
Christians will always be inspired – and divided – by music
christian music: a global history by tim dowley spck, 336pp, £14.99/$30 this revised and expanded version of a “global history” first publis...
When did stained glass lose its soul?
how to look at stained glass by jane brocket ib tauris, 256pp, £12.99/$20 almost as soon as i began reading jane brocket’s how to look at st...
Entertainment right down to the footnotes - the best books of 2018
i haven’t been able to shake patricia byrne’s the preacher and the prelate (merrion press, 258pp, £13.99/$24.99) from my mind since reading ...
The explosive and enigmatic stained glass of Harry Clarke
where the imagery of christmas is concerned, i am an old fogey. i like to be surrounded by cards bearing paintings of the holy family by old...
Casting off 'rules and rigidity' won't save the Irish Church
5 years to save the irish church talks from the national columba book conference, columba books, 94pp, £7.99/$10 let’s cut to the chase. wha...
If you read only one poem this Advent, make it this one
we have tested and tasted too much, lover – through a clink too wide there comes in no wonder. these are the brilliant, audacious first line...
Arts essay: Ireland’s farewell to a world of beauty
where will my countrymen find transcendence now, asks michael duggan in the middle of the last century, whenever they needed to experience t...
The year couples left the Church ‘on tiptoe’
michael duggan steps into a time machine that takes him back to humanae vitae the schism of ‘68 edited by alana harris, palgrave, 400pp, £69...
‘Ireland is led by fools': an interview with John Waters
Catholic writer John Waters believes his country is blighted by mediocrity – but ‘a better day will dawn’
‘Ireland is led by fools'
john waters’s career in irish journalism lasted for more than 30 highly successful years before he quit what he thinks has become an “ideolo...
The long read: Patrick Leigh Fermor and the monks of the west
The author could never shake off the allure of religion
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