| Description |
271 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The Sins of the Fathers -- The Son of the Bishop Shows Up -- Casey at the Bat for Pope -- A Dead Pope and a Mystery Irishman -- Faith of Their Fathers -- The Eucharistic Congress of -- The Pope Cometh -- Gays Abandoned -- The Savage Killing of Declan Flynn -- Women in Their Place -- The Case of the Woman Pregnant by Two Men Simultaneously -- Miss X Case Delivers Ireland into Evil -- Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson -- "No Sex in Ireland Before Television" -- Edna O'Brien, Rebel Heart of the Sexual Rebellion -- Sex and the Famine -- He who must be Obeyed -- The Rising and the Church -- The Unholy Alliance, De Valera and McQuaid -- Devil Women -- How the Church Wrote the Irish Constitution -- Archbishop of Dublin, Ruler of Ireland -- The Doctor Who Defied McQuaid -- New Pope, New Era -- The Winds of Change Blow -- A Visionary Speaks -- The Strange Death of Catholic Ireland -- Suffer Little Children -- Mrs. Robinson Makes Her Mark -- Hello Divorce and Goodbye Jailing Gays -- The Same-Sex Marriage Battle Begins -- Leo Varadkar Reveals a Secret -- The Eve of Vote -- "Walking on Air" -- A Gay Prime Minister -- "Ireland Murders Pregnant Indian Dentist" -- The Drive to Repeal the 8th -- "The Old Ireland is Gone" -- The Past Is Another Country. |
| Summary |
"It's not your father's Ireland. Not anymore. A story of modern revolution in Ireland told by the founder of IrishCentral, Irish America Magazine, and the Irish Voice newspaper. In a May 2019 countrywide referendum, Ireland voted overwhelmingly to make abortion legal; three years earlier, it had done the same with same-sex marriage, becoming the only country in the world to pass such a law by universal suffrage. Pope Francis's visit to the country saw protests and a fraction of the emphatic welcome that Pope John Paul's had seen forty years earlier. There have been two female heads of state since 1990, the first two in Ireland's history. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, an openly gay man of Indian heritage, declared that "a quiet revolution had taken place." It had. For nearly all of its modern history, Ireland was Europe's most conservative country. The Catholic Church was its most powerful institution and held power over all facets of Irish life. As recently as thirty years ago, Ireland was fighting bitterly over allowing condoms to be legal, and the best of the crozier remained a social and political death sentence. But as scandal eroded the Church's hold on Irish life, a new Ireland has flourished. War in the North has ended, with help of President Bill Clinton and his negotiator, George Mitchell. EU membership and an influx of American multinational corporations for tax benefits have helped Ireland weather economic depression and transform from a land of rural cottiers to Europe's headquarters for Apple, Facebook, and Google. With help from prominent Irish and Irish American voices like historian and bestselling author Tim Pat Coogan and the New York Times's Maureen Dowd, A New Ireland tells the story of a modern revolution against all odds."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Ireland -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| ISBN |
9781510749290 hardcover |
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1510749292 hardcover |
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9781510749306 electronic book |
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