Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. William Walsh and the Anglo-Vatican tradition; 2. The Papacy, the Bishops and the Anglo-Irish war, 1919–1921; 3. The hierarcht and the treaty; 4. The Vatican and the Civil War; 5. Cumann na nGaedheal and the quest for legitimacy; 6. Cosgrave, de Valera and the Confessional challenge; 7. De Valera, Fianna Fail and the catholic church; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Promotional Information

A detailed study of the political relations between church and state in modern Ireland.