some individual clerics offered support to the anti-Treaty side during the Civil War, as Brian Heffernan explains Despite the omnipresence of the Catholic Church in Irish society, our picture of ...

The Irish government’s position as outlined ... a veiled reference to the stance of the Catholic bishops.. During the Civil War 1,500 people lost their lives, people of honour and heroism ...

Ireland began 2023 with a new leader. The appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) on Dec. 17 was ground-breaking, though you could be forgiven if you did not notice this ...

The Irish Catholic Church should follow the example of Pope Francis and apologise for its treatment of Irish republicans during the Civil War as the pope had done in relation to events in his own ...

Historian Dr Tim Horgan was speaking at the annual Liam Lynch Commemoration L-R: Cllr Frank O’ Flynn, former Cork East TD Ned O'Keeffe, speaker Dr Tim Horgan and Cllr Deirdre O’Brien on their ...

THE pastoral letter issued by the Irish hierarchy in October 1922, which forbade access to sacraments to those republicans who were active in the Civil War ... and warn our Catholic people ...

Though most were Catholic, Erskine Childers for example ... Commandant-General WRE Murphy. Picture: Irish Civil War in Colour/Gillbooks.ie National Army commanders Emmett Dalton and Eoin O ...