reviews

‘Journeys of Faith, Stories of Pilgrimage from Medieval Ireland’ by Louise Nugent The Irish Antiquarian – June 20 Religion and worship played a central role in the personal and political lives of the medieval Irish. The numerous...

Of faith and poetry: a different aspect of Christ in every poet’s encounter Gabriel Fitzmaurice – The Irish Catholic – 11th June, 2020 The Outlaw Christ, developed from a series of talks and lectures delivered by John F. Deane while...

Reviewed by Jenny Dawson in the June 2020 issue This is a beautiful book. It tells the story in images of a year at Glenstal Abbey, a Benedictine abbey in County Limerick, Ireland. From the opening foreword by the Abbot, through four seasons of...

Following the pilgrim paths across Ireland and Europe Peter Costello – 21st May, 2020 This book is an epitome of a thousand years of Irish history, roughly 500 AD to 1500 AD. It is a reminder, if one is really needed, of just how important...

Lean days and seasons of plenty – food for thought in hard times Peter Costello Reading Fr Lyons’ title, one’s mind turns back at once to Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream of seven fat and seven lean cows, and seven ears of corn ripely...