An Irish Counter-Reformation Bishop: John Roche (Part 7)

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Ferns Diocesan Statutes, 1722

The statutes printed here were issued on 17 April 1722 by John Verdon bishop of Ferns from 1709 to 1728. The text depends on two manuscript copies in the Franciscan Library, Killiney (MS C 105), which originally belonged to the Franciscan house in Wexford. One, which I have designated A, is a twelve-page document (the last two pages being blank) approximately 12" by 7f'. The other, B, is made up as a small booklet of thirty-eight pages, c. 6" by 4", the last three pages of which are blank. The manuscripts are obviously several removes from the original. P note at the end of A makes it clear that it was written after 1745, the year Nicholas Sweetman became bishop. Both give a very much corrupted text. The scribe of B added at the end a note in English

The Crisis in Ireland in 1648: The Nuncio and the Supreme Council: Conclusions

In a number of articles I have discussed the events leading to Archbishop Rinuccini's censure of the supporters of the truce with Inchiquin in May 1648, and outlined some of the more important of the many controversies which arose from it. 1 In this article I hope to round off the question by discussing the de­fence put forward for their courses of action by Rinuccini and the Supreme Council of the confederation respectively. In addition, it will be useful to consider the analysis of the situation made by Rinuccini's chief apologist, one might say indeed his semi-official apologist, as this introduces points which help us to assess more fully the value of Rinuccini's self-defence

The Pontificate of Pope Pius XII

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Fog in the Channel

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Bishop Nicholas French and the second Ormond peace, 1648-9

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The Beginnings of the Irish College, Rome

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St. Patrick and Ireland

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