Fr Conor McDonough: The Untold History of How Ireland Became Catholic
Father Conor McDonough OP returns to the podcast to examine how Christianity took root in Ireland and what the surviving evidence can tell us.
In the conversation, we trace Patrick’s writings, the Christian shaping of Irish law and literature, monastic experiments, and the legacy of Irish philosophers and scholars in Europe after the fall of the Roman empire!
Timestamps:00:00 Christian humanism: finding goodness across cultures01:08 Patrick’s two writings and the historical gap03:55 Ogham, Roman Britain, and early Christian contact07:16 What can we responsibly say about pagan Ireland?09:16…
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