Building a Catholic church in 1950s Ireland
Architecture, rhetoric and landscape in Dromore, Co. Cork, 1952–6
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12243441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald J Butler (0000-0001-6534-2106, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-249 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-7933 • E-ISSN: 1474-0656 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956793320000126 |
| OpenAlex | W3093654338 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article explores the intellectual culture of Catholic architectural production in 1950s Ireland through the study of a church-building project in rural West Cork. It analyses the phenomenon of the Irish ‘church-building priest’ in terms of their socio-economic background, fundraising abilities, and position within rural communities – in the context of significant rural emigration and economic stagnation. It also considers the role that the Irish countryside played in conditioning clerical understandings of architectural style and taste, and priests’ political readings of the rural landscape. Furthermore, it explores the phenomenon of Marianism in church design and ornamentation around the time of the international ‘Marian Year’ of 1954, and the political meanings of the rhetoric employed by clerics at church consecration ceremonies. The article concludes with reflections on social and economic aspects of Irish rural life and religious expression in a decade primarily understood as one of cultural insularity and conservative Catholicism
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Emigration · Irish · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Taste · Theology · Gender Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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