Book review: A valuable and thought-provoking account of our changing nation

'Forbidden Ireland' could well be described as an insightful and erudite view of the changes in Church/State relations over the last 75 years

There has been a plethora of unholy rows between the Catholic Church and the State throughout TP O’Mahony’s lifetime, and he has had a ringside seat for most of them. File picture

• Forbidden Ireland: Church and State 1951 to the present day
• TP O’Mahony
• Mercier Press, €16.99