Abstract
Abstract The influence of the Catholic Church in Ireland was felt in every aspect of Irish life. At the beginning of the period the Church was at the zenith of its political power having helped to deliver Catholic emancipation. The Famine came to overshadow all aspects of Irish life and its end coincided with the return to Ireland of Paul Cullen who did much to refashion the ethos of Irish Catholicism. By the 1880s, the hierarchy gave unqualified support to Home Rule in exchange for support over Catholic education, and thus began a symbiotic relationship between the Church and the Irish Party. The Church’s support, however, for the radical turn in Irish politics brought rebukes for Pope Leo XIII. The chapter examines Church and State in Ireland through the ecclesiastical politics of emancipation and Repeal; through the public figure of Paul Cullen and Fenianism; and through the intervention of the papacy.
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