Throughout the nineteenth century, the phenomenon of "Irish Catholicism" became an important part of the religious landscape in the entire English-speaking world. Extending beyond the Roman Catholic C
Alexis de Tocqueville visited Ireland in the company of his good friend Gustave de Beaumont in July and August of 1835. At the time of his visit, Tocqueville had just acquired an international reputat
Mostly American historians explore two controversial hypotheses of Larkin (U. of Chicago): that only in the middle of the 19th century did the church make practicing Catholics of the Irish people; and
