Isbn: 9780862785949 - John Charles Mcquaid: Ruler of Catholic Ireland (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+/VG+ Blue hardcover shows light wear and bumping. 526 plus index pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The DJ shows wear at edges. INSCRIBED: TO RHONDA, TO RECALL THE ERA OF JOHN CHARLES MCQUAID JOHN COONEY, DUBLIN IRELAND, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2016.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st impression. Without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket, which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper. Please contact me for further details of this book or other titles not presently listed. My main speciality is IRISH BOOKS. To see other books on this subject click on: "MORE BOOKS FROM THIS SELLER" and then type in IRISH under KEYWORDS, which can be filtered further by history [which includes politics], literary , topography & "Art". I have built up my collection over 35 year and I am constantly acquiring new stock. Do contact me for more information of further titles not presently listed.…

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. No ownership marks. As new. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: 526pp. illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very warm and personal inscription by the author on the title page. Dated 25.12.1999. Unmarked, tightly bound copy of a key work of reference - the detailed index alone runs to more than 30 pages. Most readable, reflecting the author's background as a journalist with the Irish Times. A heavy book. Will incur extra postage costs outside Ireland. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 526, (34) + 16 of illustrations. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered gilt, with pictorial unclipped dust jacket. A fine copy without any damage, library stamps, inscriptions or other markings. Images and further information available on request. ***WEIGHT OVER 1 KG. EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE (AT COST) WILL BE REQUESTED FOR DELIVERIES OUTSIDE OF IRELAND AND UNITED KINGDOM ***.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book condition: VG with a couple of tiny marks to vertical closed page edges. Jacket: VG with wrinkle to top edge; tiny nick to rear. A bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Hardcover with dust jacket. Based on extensive use of McQuaid's personal papers and Government records, John Cooney, one of Ireland's leading journalists, traces McQuaid's rise to power, and charts his downfall after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960's, which opened Ireland to the more secular outlook and values of the modern world. John Charles McQuaid personified Catholic power in Ireland- and sowed the seeds of the Church's dramatic decline in the 1990's. He was the last of the formidable Renaissance-style prelates of twentieth-century Ireland. Collector's Item.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An in-depth study of the most significant Irish clergyman in the history of the stateFor three decades, 1940-72, as Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, John Charles McQuaid imposed his iron will on Irish politicians and instilled fear among his clergy and laity. No other churchman amassed the religious, political and social power which he exercised with unscrupulous severity.An admirer of the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover, Archbishop McQuaid built up a vigilante system that spied on politicians and priests, workers and students, doctors and lawyers, nuns and nurses, soldiers and trade unionists. There was no room for dissent when John Charles spoke in the name of Jesus Christ. This power wa.…