[Deep Dive] Religion in Ireland before the Famine
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
To accompany Murder at Murder Mountain, I am releasing five deep dive episodes which delve into the history of the early 19th century Ireland in greater detail. These will be released between the main episodes.
This is deep dive looks at the pre-Famine catholic church. While religion was very important during Ellen Kennedy's childhood, the catholic church emerging from centuries of repression was a very different organsation than it is today. In this podcast Salvador Ryan, professor of Ecclesiastical History in Maynooth, discusses religion and wider spiritual beliefs in the decades before the famine.
He also explains why rituals surrounding pattern days and ancient holy wells (also mentioned in episode one) were frowned on by the church hierarchy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, before you dive in, just a quick heads up about the Warford launch of my new book |
| 0:04.6 | Alita Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders. |
| 0:07.6 | It takes place in the book center, on Red Square in Warford at 6.30pm on Friday, September |
| 0:13.6 | 29th. |
| 0:14.6 | The book center is one of my favorite bookshops. |
| 0:17.1 | It's built into an art deco cinema from the 1930s, it alone is reason enough to come |
| 0:21.5 | to the launch. |
| 0:22.5 | But hopefully I'll see you there on Friday the 29th at 6.30pm for the launch of Alita |
| 0:27.8 | Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders. |
| 0:39.7 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 0:42.2 | My name is Finn Duyer, and this is Murder at Mother Mountain, Deep Dive No. 1. |
| 0:48.4 | While the story of Alan's life will continue in part 2 of the main series next week, this |
| 0:53.4 | episode delves into the history of the period in greater detail. |
| 0:58.3 | Now religious records were key to understanding Alan's early years, and this reflects the |
| 1:03.3 | importance of religion in general, in wider society, in the early 19th century in Ireland. |
| 1:09.0 | However, the Catholic Church, the one that Alan grew up in, before the famine, was radically |
| 1:14.5 | different to the organisation that would emerge later in the 19th century. |
| 1:19.9 | In light of this, I was delighted to get to interview Salvador Raine. |
| 1:24.3 | Now Salvador is the professor of ecclesiastical history in Manuth University, and we chatted |
| 1:30.2 | about the pre-Famian Catholic Church in detail to give you a better understanding into |
| 1:35.9 | early 19th century life in Ireland. |
| 1:38.4 | Before beginning, I want to flag this interview itself as a relic of past times, it was done |
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