Book Review: Mary Kenny pines for Catholic Ireland of bygone days

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Book Review: Mary Kenny pines for Catholic Ireland of bygone days

Polling day in Ballymun for the first divorce referendum in 1986 in which almost two thirds voted no; although a second referendum in 1995 allowed for the dissolution of marriage under certain conditions. Mary Kenny devotes a lot of attention to the divorce, marriage equality, and abortion referendums, and the political machinations around them in ‘The Way We Were’.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2022 - 12:00
Jack Power

  • The Way We Were: Catholic Ireland Since 1922
  • Mary Kenny
  • Columba Books, €19.99

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