A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became Its Most Liberal by O'Dowd, Niall

A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became Its Most Liberal

It's not your father's Ireland. Not anymore. A story of modern revolution in Ireland told by the...
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A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became Its Most Liberal by O'Dowd, Niall

A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became Its Most Liberal

BD$43.34

A New Ireland: How Europe's Most Conservative Country Became Its Most Liberal

BD$43.34
Author: Niall O'Dowd
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
It's not your father's Ireland. Not anymore. A story of modern revolution in Ireland told by the founder of IrishCentral, Irish America magazine, and the Irish Voice newspaper.

In a May 2019 countrywide referendum, Ireland voted overwhelmingly to make abortion legal; three years earlier, it had done the same with same-sex marriage, becoming the only country in the world to pass such a law by universal suffrage. Pope Francis's visit to the country saw protests and a fraction of the emphatic welcome that Pope John Paul's had seen forty years earlier. There have been two female heads of state since 1990, the first two in Ireland's history. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, an openly gay man of Indian heritage, declared that "a quiet revolution had taken place."

It had. For nearly all of its modern history, Ireland was Europe's most conservative country. The Catholic Church was its most powerful institution and held power over all facets of Irish life.

But as scandal eroded the Church's hold on Irish life, a new Ireland has flourished. War in the North has ended. EU membership and an influx of American multinational corporations have helped Ireland weather economic depression and transform into Europe's headquarters for Apple, Facebook, and Google.

With help from prominent Irish and Irish American voices like historian and bestselling author Tim Pat Coogan and the New York Times's Maureen Dowd, A New Ireland tells the story of a modern revolution against all odds.

Author: Niall O'Dowd
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 03/10/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781510749290

About the Author
Irish-born Niall O'Dowd is the author of Lincoln and the Irish along with three other books on Irish-American themes. He is the founder of IrishCentral, Irish America magazine, and the Irish Voice newspaper. He is also responsible for publishing IrishCentral.com and the Irish Emigrant newspaper in Boston. Niall was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin for his work on the Irish peace process, which was a subject of a book, Daring Diplomacy, and a PBS Special, An Irish Voice. He has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, Huffington Post, and the Irish Times. He and his wife, Debbis, and daughter, Alana, live in New York.

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