The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott: Ireland 1957 …The Catholic Church … A Small Village … A Mixed Marriage

By: Tim Fanning

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Synopsis: In 1957, Sheila Cloney, Protestant wife of a Catholic farmer, fled from her home near the Wexford village of Fethard-on-Sea with her young daughters after refusing to bow to the demands of the local Catholic clergy to educate them as Catholics. In response, the priests launched a boycott of Fethard’s Protestant shopkeepers and farmers. Tim Fanning tells the story of one of the ugliest sectarian episodes to occur in the Republic and examines how the Catholic Church’s Ne Temere decree on mixed marriages resulted in one small rural community tearing itself apart.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781848890497
Publisher:: Gill Books
Date of Addition:: 04/30/20
Copyrighted By:: Tim Fanning
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.