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An uneasy history: Irish Catholicism and the Irish wake

March 16, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 7

March is the cruelest month, at least for an Irish Catholic. Every March, the irresistible force of Lent meets the immovable object of March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. The traditions of fasting and feasting face […]

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