Irish homes and Irish hearts

INTRODUCTION Biographical Note by Mary McAuliffe
Notes on Introduction
Preface to original
- Irish Homes and Irish Hearts Poor Servants of the Mother of God
- Spirit and Spirituality
IRISH HOME AND IRISH HEARTS
Notes.

‘As well as the attraction that this book will hold for those with an interest in Frances Taylor, the history of active religious orders, and social care in the Nineteenth Century, Irish Homes and Irish Hearts is an absorbing and enjoyable read. The most appealing element of the text is Taylor’s idiosyncratic narrative voice, which is here at its most passionate, opinionated and entertaining … it is this readable style, highly rendered detail and engagement with contemporary political issues which make Irish Homes and Irish Hearts a fascinating snapshot of Irish religious life and social care in nineteenth-century Ireland.’

Kate Harper, University of York, The History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, July 2015
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'University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty ‘Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have. Introductions by modern historians provide additional historical background and, with hindsight, objectivity.'

Books Ireland, November 2007

'Scholars of nineteenth-century Irish and Irish-American politics should reacquaint themselves with these classics, part of a long running and immensely useful series from University College Dublin Press.'

Irish Literary Supplement, Fall 2008