John Charles McQuaid: Ruler of Catholic Ireland by John Cooney
By John Cooney
For 3 many years, 1940-72, as Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of eire, John Charles McQuaid imposed his iron will on Irish politicians and instilled worry between his clergy and laity. No different churchman accrued the spiritual, political and social strength which he exercised with unscrupulous severity.
An admirer of the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover, Archbishop McQuaid equipped up a vigilante approach that spied on politicians and clergymen, employees and scholars, medical professionals and legal professionals, nuns and nurses, squaddies and alternate unionists.
There was once no room for dissent while John Charles spoke within the identify of Jesus Christ. This energy used to be used to accumulate a Catholic-dominated country during which Protestants, Jews and feminists weren't welcome.
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