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Title

William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, 1841-1921 : no uncertain voice / Thomas J. Morrissey ; with a foreword by Emmet Larkin.

Author

Morrissey, Thomas J.

Publication

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, c2000.

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Description

x, 404 p., [12] p. of pl. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Archbishop Walsh was the most publicly visible ecclesiastic in the Irish Church in the last quarter of the nineteenth and the first quarter of the twentieth century. In his many books and frequent letters to the newspapers he ranged over a wide area. Among other issues, he wrote on politics, economics, monetary matters, education, social questions, language, music, canon law, and theology." "Walsh's most important achievements were in his contributions to the consolidation of the modern Irish political system between 1885 and 1891: to land reform - the cumulative effect of the Irish Land Acts between 1885 and 1910 owed much both to his analytical mind and his remarkable tenacity; and to education in its different levels but especially to his part in solving the University question." "Walsh's other important contributions were in initiating and promoting the arbitration of labour disputes, in promoting the revival of Irish language and culture, the promotion of music (a life-long passion), and in the development of Irish Historical studies through his persistent promotion of research into the lives and background of the Irish Martyrs. These varied achievements, taken in their entirety, were quite astounding. But his essential greatness is to be found in his determined quest for equality, without which, he understood, there was no dignity, or justice, or real freedom for the Irish people. -- Publisher description.

Subject

• Walsh, William J. 1841-1921
• Catholic Church > Ireland > Bishops > Biography
• Religion and politics > Ireland

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-391) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• pt. I, The Years of Preparation, 1841-85 : -- 1. From birth to ordination, 1841-66 -- 2. From professor to college president, 1867-80 -- 3. First involvement in Land and University questions -- 4. From president to archbishop.
• pt. II, The Politics of a Churchman, 1885-91 : -- 5. Leading episcopal voice on Land and Home Rule, 1885-7 -- 6. The complexities of the Persico mission -- 7. Papal condemnation of the Plan, its manner and effect, 1888 -- 8. Pigott. The Parnell split and sequel.
• pt. III, The Bishop--the Man--the Arbitrator--the Educationalist, 1885-1912 : -- 9. The bishop in retrospect, 1885-1900 -- 10. "True man"--pattern of a life, 1885-1912 -- 11. Arbitrator in social, commercial, and political disputes -- 12. The University Question: reaching a solution, and consolidation, 1897-1912.
• pt. IV, A Moral Force--for Justice, Equality, Independence, 1913-21 : -- 13. From relative quiet to a city in turmoil, 1913 -- 14. "At the turn of the tide", 1914-15 -- 15. The archbishop's household and 1916 -- 16. Renewed energy, and significant interventions, 1917-18 -- 17. The great ordeal: compassion and enduring to the end, 1919-21 -- 18. Epilogue--A retrospection and assessment.

ISBN

1851825878

LCCN

^^2001272137

OCLC

• 50090081
• SCSB-10805849

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library