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Well, Holy God

My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent

By: Patsy McGarry

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Well, Holy God

My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent

By: Patsy McGarry

As the Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times from 1997, Patsy McGarry reported on some of the most troubling scandals to have rocked both Catholic and Protestant Churches in the last few decades. In Well, Holy God, he looks back not only on his time in journalism, recalling some of the most distressing stories he has had to cover, but also his own history with Catholicism and of a faith lost when the stark realities of being part of that Church became apparent to him. This book covers the gamut of his career, from the horrors of the various clerical child sex abuse cases, the vilification of Bishop Eamonn Casey and the muted reaction the Church of Ireland to the violence at Drumcree, to the role of women in the Catholic Church and the tragedies of the Mother and Baby Homes and the Magdalene laundries. Alongside accounts of such seismic events, there are lighter anecdotes, including the perils of travelling with a pope, some characters he’s met along the way and a look at the good that those with a true calling can do. Well, Holy God is a memoir brimming with personality, charting the highs and lows of a truly fascinating career.

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Merrion Press

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Well, Holy God

My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent

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A Meeting of the Minds

A Brief Rhetoric for Writers and Readers

By: Patsy Callaghan,Ann Dobyns

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A Meeting of the Minds

A Brief Rhetoric for Writers and Readers

By: Patsy Callaghan,Ann Dobyns

This book shows would-be writers (and serious readers) how to open up a dialogue between writer and audience. The book includes coverage of how to write for college (academic) purposes, as well as how to write for the job, or in service to the community. Rhetoric, writing, reading, writing practice. English courses; English composition courses; all potential writers.

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321092163

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9780321092168

First Citizen

Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency

By: Patsy McGarry

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First Citizen

Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency

By: Patsy McGarry

A powerful and intimate account The remarkable story of a woman who journeyed from working class Catholic West Belfast to the highest office in the Republic of Ireland, and who, shedding most of her own tribal baggage, became a President for all the people of Ireland. No other Irish president has remained as popular throughout their terms of office. Mary McAleese is a uniquely Irish phenomenon at an unprecedented time in Irish history when peace and prosperity arrived together on an island bedevilled for centuries by great hatreds. She played an active part in the peace process and she became the incarnation of the theme of her presidency, that of building bridges. This comprehensive title examines Mary McAleese's background and upbringing, her time at Queen's University, her controversial period in RTÉ, and the road to the presidency. Recounts Mary McAleese's family's personal experience of the troubles, including the night their house was riddled with bullets. Provides the 'inside story' of the president and her husband's work in the Peace Process, and Martin McAleese's behind-the-scenes work with the loyalist community. Reveals fascinating facts about Áras an Uachtaráin and its occupants, and includes an overview of the seven previous presidents and an analysis of what the presidency means. Fully illustrated with memorabilia and presidential photographs.

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1847170870

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9781847170873

While Justice Slept

The True Story of Nicky Kelly and the Sallins Train Robbery

By: Patsy McGarry

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The True Story of Nicky Kelly and the Sallins Train Robbery

By: Patsy McGarry

A true account of the 1978 Sallins mail train robbery which resulted in the tragic and misguided arrest and persecution of an innocent man.

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1905785046

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