The European Culture Wars in Ireland: The Callan Schools Affair, 1868-81

by Colin Barr

"The European Culture Wars in Ireland" tells the story of Father Robert O'Keeffe of Callan, County Kilkenny, and his conflict with ecclesiastical authority. O'Keeffe's serial lawsuits against his own curates, his bishop, and the cardinal archbishop of Dublin, and his consequent removal as manager of a number of national schools and chaplain of the local workhouse, commanded attention across Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the world. In Callan, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906359539
• ISBN13: 9781906359539
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"