The Roman Catholic Church and the Emergence of the Modern Irish Political System, 1874-1878

Emmet Larkin

“By any standard Larkin’s is a remarkable achievement. He has ransacked the archives in Rome as well as the diocesan archives in Ireland. His volumes are accurate, meticulous, sympathetic yet objective. He exhibits masterly powers of selection, organisation and analysis. No one can fail to extract new and original material from page after page of this comprehensive survey of the bishops’ views on all the great topics and personalities of the time. It is the truest portrait of the of the Hierarchy of any we possess; it will become the standard source on the Irish bishops of the period, and it will hold the field for many years to come.” Professor Donal McCartney