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The Irish Catholic Church and Nationalism: From Repeal to Partition
In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna explore the deep entanglement between the Catholic Church and Irish nationalism from the 1820s to partition. We follow the rise of Catholic Emancipation under Daniel O'Connell and the Church's uneasy alliance with the Repeal movement. Then we examine the Church's condemnation of the Young Irelanders and the Fenians, its support for the Land League, and its bitter opposition to the 1916 Rising. We discuss how the Church's anti-socialist stance during the 1913 Lockout and its backing of the Treaty shaped the new Free…
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