The Irish Catholic diaspora : Five Centuries of Global Presence / Alexandra Maclennan.

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2023]

x, 241 pages ; 23 cm

"Sourcing the circulation, settlement and influence of the Irish religious groups in continental Europe, the Americas, Australia and South Africa, the volume starts in Lisbon in the sixteenth century. How did Lisbon become the hub of Irish trade and the seat of the Irish Catholic Church in exile after the Reformation? Where did it move on from therein modern and contemporary times? At a time when Irish missionaries have largely returned home to a country that has often been described as 'post-Catholic', this collection brings together historians and literary critics who trace the trajectories, destinies, acculturation and shifting senses of identity of Irish Catholic clerics and missionaries across the globe from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Studies of postwar Europe, Latin America and South Africa show the modern expression of the Irish Catholic missionary movement, as well as some of the same spiritual and ethical preoccupations that are captured in the literary works of some of the most famous French, Irish and Irish-American authors"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Irish Catholic diaspora Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2023]

English

May 20, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.