Courtney McGrailAgnes Morrogh-Bernard, Foundress of Foxford Woollen Mills by Margaret Molloy foreword by Mary Robinson (Mercier Press, €14.99).
Category: Reviews
Like My Fair Lady, but for slow learners
Aubrey MaloneKingsman: The Secret Service (16)
More one-sided debates on abortion
Brendan O’ReganAs an avid collector of ironies, I hit the jackpot last week. Liberal media commentators were horrified that Pope Francis didn’t see a problem with slapping children for corrective purposes, but actively argued for aborting more children by widening Irish abortion laws! The latest wave in this debate started Wednesday of last week with a…
Web continues to vibrate to Stephen Fry’s anti-God belief
Few topics have spurred as much debate among Christian circles online as Stephen Fry’s recent outburst against God on RTÉ’s Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne, in which he says that if he were suddenly confronted by God as a reality, he would hold him to account for the world’s suffering. Edinburgh-based Dominican Lawrence Lew…
Ireland’s man for all seasons
T.K. Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot by Anne Chambers (Doubleday Ireland, €28.99)
Irish echoes from Nigeria
Peter CostelloBishop James Moynagh of Calabar by Colman M. Cooke (Columba Press, €24.99)
Irish missionaries in America
A Patchwork Quilt: Pallottines in the USA I and II Donal F. McCarthy, SCA (available directly from Eprint.ie, €28.00)
In the footsteps of our ancient saints
Four Tipperary Saints: The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha Translated into English by Pádraig Ó Riain (Four Courts Press, €17.50 pb)
Fr Radcliffe’s stations are both deep and beautiful
Stations of the Cross Timothy Radcliffe Bloomsbury (€12.99)
A celebration of a special church
The Church of Saint John the Baptist: Blackrock by Michael O’Connell (€15.00; available from the parish office, Raven Books, Blackrock, or Carraig Books, Blackrock; details from saintjohnthebaptist@eircom.net)