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A reflection on the times - The Irish Times - Sat, Oct 25, 2008
Four Courts Press: The Irish Times by Mark O'Brien
Finally a decent book on this by DCU's Mark O'Brien that gives a good overview.
A reflection on the times - The Irish Times - Sat, Oct 25, 2008
Four Courts Press: The Irish Times by Mark O'Brien
"The thing that always annoyed me about traditional Irish historiography was the paradox of its Anglocentrism. People are now prepared, I think, to confront the possibility that many Irish problems are, in a sense, indigenous to the Irish situation." Roy Foster (1989).
Originally Posted by Nem
Looks like an excellent book. O'Brien also wrote an superb
history of the Irish Press.
Looking forward to reading it- I liked his previous book on the Irish Press might pick it up with some Xmas vouchers
Doesn't seem to be one, it seems to produce books on Irish History.
It does cover "ecclesiastical history", but there's nothing
to suggest it might be linked with the barbed-wire brigade.
Well, of course, the Irish Times called for the execution of the 1916 leaders - and they havent changed their tune since.
Actually, Four Courts Press do publish a few books that seem to
be sympathetic to Opus Dei :
Four Courts Press: Opus Dei in the Church by P. Rodriguez, F. Ocariz & J.L. Illanes
Four Courts Press: Opus Dei by Vittorio Messori
Four Courts Press: The Founder of Opus Dei: the Life of Josemaría Escrivá, Vol. I by Andrés Váquez de Prada
There may be a link. But at the same time, it's unlikely a publishing
house dominated by an ultra-conservative Catholic group would
permit a sympathetic biography of a newspaper known for its
Protestant liberalism. So there might be OD sympathies,but not
enough to skew the whole slant of the publishing house.
EDIT: Kieron Wood, himself a traditionalist Roman Catholic, states
FCP's head, Michael Adams, is a member of Opus Dei here:
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/...ry52558528.asp
Last edited by Starkadder; 3rd November 2008 at 08:33 PM.
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