Posts Tagged ‘Great hunger’

Pre-famine Irish Catholics: fewer priests, less devout says new doco

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

A new documentary claims many Irish Catholics practised a mixture of Catholicism and pagan rituals before the Great Hunger (1845-1849) triggered a major turning point for the Church in Ireland. Released yesterday, Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE)’s documentary Rome V Republic examines the events that led up to and followed the Church’s hold over Read more