Of Limerick: Saints and Seekers
Extent: Paperback
Pages: 282
Size: 215 mm x 138 mm
Publisher: Veritas Publications
This unusual and engaging resource was inspired by Dr Brendan Leahy, bishop of Limerick; whose 2019 Lenten pastoral entitled This is What God Wants of Us: Our Holiness. Editor David Bracken, archivist for the diocese of Limerick, makes it clear that Bishop Leahy was a positive and ‘cajoling’ force throughout the project which has brought together a colourful and varied group of people from diverse traditions throughout the centuries associated with Limerick and its history. Bishop Leahy too pays his own tribute to the editor describing him as someone with a formidable knowledge and love for Limerick, its place and history and who has edited this book ‘like a conductor who brings out the best in his orchestra and contributors’. The number of contributors over 10 chapters amounts to fifty-five in all including Conor McDonough OP, Thomas O’Connor, Colm Lennon and Sean Gannon. Historians, younger scholars, experts in the area of art, architecture and the material culture of Catholic Ireland also feature strongly throughout. One of the many outstanding articles is that by Daithí Ó Corráin on Councillor Martin Maguire which shines a light on a dark corner of history, the abuse in Glin Industrial School. As well as contributions from many in church ministry there are also stories of Limerick’s Methodists. It would be difficult to imagine a richer storytelling compendium of any diocesan or county history and the editors and contributors are to be congratulated on achieving such an important milestone in the story of Limerick.
Reviewer: Fr Paul Clayton-Lea, Intercom, February 2023
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Description
In Of Limerick Saints and Seekers we journey through a millennium and a half of Limerick history with scholars and scribes, poets and preachers, martyrs and missionaries, and founders of churches and religious communities. Drawing from early Ireland to present day, this collection of stories details the lives of extraordinary people from a variety of faith traditions and perspectives, from well-known saints to unknown and unsung religious and lay people, including figures such as St Íte, foster mother of the saints; Gille, Limerick’s first bishop; the medieval Askeaton Madonna; Terence Albert O’Brien, bishop of Emly; Sikh scholar Max Arthur MacAuliffe and Anglican nun Sr Mary Clare Whitty, martyred in Korea.
With fascinating contributions from the modern-day people of Limerick – academics, archaeologists, archivists, bishops, poets, pastors and theologians – this book illuminates the diverse richness of Limerick’s story by highlighting the saints and seekers who have shaped its history.
About the Author
David Bracken, Limerick diocesan archivist, is rooted in the heart of Limerick city, where he lives with his wife and five children. He edited The End of All Things Earthly: Faith Profiles of the 1916 Leaders (Veritas, 2016).