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Orders for this book are currently on hold as Mícheál’s family take time to deal with their loss. An update will be posted soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Author: Joe Connell

ISBN: 978-1-908056-08-5 52pp + cover. A5. Cover colour, text black and white  €6 + P&P

During the Easter Rising of 1916, and the Irish War of Independence which followed, many priests ministered to the spiritual needs of those who fought for their country’s independence.

These priests visited the imprisoned and condemned, dealing with their families – and  captors, too. 

Prominent among these brave priests were the Capuchins.

Not only during the Easter Rising but during the following War of Independence and the ensuing Irish Civil War, they continued to provide spiritual assistance to combatants, for they held that men acting in good faith and in danger of death were entitled to spiritual comfort.

The bravery of the rebels is often admitted and admired today – even by those they fought.

That same admiration and respect should be given to those Friars and priests who put themselves in danger during the fighting and ministered to the condemned and imprisoned. Some of their stories are told in this new book

so that they, too, may be remembered.

Joe Connell is a regular contributor to this website, and this book is based in part on a series of articles he has already written for us.

This is Joe's first book for Kilmainham Tales, but he has written two books for other publishers and has another two in the pipeline.

For a flavour of this book see Joe Connell's original articles on the priests "Priests and Friars - Ministering to Republicans" here

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