Catholic Church and Catholic Schools in Northern Ireland: The Price of Faith

by Michael McGrath

The Catholic Church and Catholic Schools in Northern Ireland examines three major themes of Catholic education in Northern Ireland. The author analyzes the Catholic authorities' efforts to maintain clerical control of Catholic schools in Northern Ireland from 1921 to the Education (Northern Ireland) Order of October 1993, concentrating upon the events surrounding the major education laws of 1923, 1925, 1930, 1947 and 1968 and the Orders in Council...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716526514
• ISBN13: 9780716526513
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 336 Pages