Catholic Nationalism in the Irish Revival: A Study of Canon Sheehan, 1852-1913

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Canon Sheehan’s writings provide valuable insight into Ireland’s difficult process of cultural reconstruction after independence. This astute observer of Irish society was pessimistic about the future of religion. Though himself a man of European culture, he made a case for isolationism to become reality under the Free State. It is a case which today is easily scorned - but his work allows us to understand why it could command such support, and to appreciate its relative historical justification.