Martin Walsh
Author
Language
English
Description
A controversial figure in his time, and perhaps even more so today, Richard Devane SJ (1876—1951) was a thorn in the side of the governments of W T Cosgrave and Eamon de Valera. He is remembered equally as a defender of the conscience of the new Irish republic and as a sometimes over-zealous gatekeeper of Irish culture and morals.
In Richard Devane SJ: Social Commentator and Advocate Martin Walsh takes on the task of placing Devane in context:...