Thomas Drew and the Making of Victorian Belfast

by Sean Farrell

In Thomas Drew and the Making of Victorian Belfast, Farrell analyzes the career of "political parson" Thomas Drew (1800-70), creator of one of the largest Church of Ireland congregations on the island and leading figure in the Loyal Orange Order. Farrell demonstrates how Drew's success stemmed from an adaptive combination of his fierce anti-Catholicism and populist Protestant politics, the creation of social and spiritual outreach programs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815638140
• ISBN13: 9780815638148
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"