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Index Abbey Theatre, 114. Act of Union, 10, 43; effect on Irish Catholic electorate, 10; movement for repeal of, g6-97. agriculture, Irish; golden age of, 15; depression, 15, 27; mainstay of Catholic middle classes, 17; Catholic share of agricultural sector, 34; decline of agricultural sector, 34; shift from tillage to grazing, 6, g, 3S, 100; statistics, 42, 93; supply of capital in, 3; farmer elite, 6-g; bourgeoisie, g: proletariat, g; agrarian secret societies, lOS; harvest failures, 109; foreign competition, 109. All for Ireland League, 114, 130 n. 49. altar societies, 7S. Anstey, T. Chisholme, M.P. for Youghal,66-6S. aristocracy; Protestant, 21-24; Irish, 24; English 24. Australia; collections taken for Queenstown Cathedral, 27. baptism; source of clerical income, 64, 67; clerical abuse of, 64, 67, 6g, So, S1. Belgium, 13. bishops, Irish Catholic, g, IS, 20, 26, 2S, 30, 31, 105; number in proportion to general population, 5S-59; control over their priests, 62, 72-73,77,125 n. 10; Cullen gains control over, 73; and devotional exercises, 78; at Synod of Thurles, 79; Cullen promotes, Sl; ultramontanism, 82; representative of clergy, 101; speak as a body for the Irish Church, 101: and education question, 106, 11 1-1 12, 120; attitudes toward Fenians, 107; in politics, 110-1 I I: attitudes toward Land League, 110-111; attitudes toward British government, Ill; and Roman Catholic Hierarchv, Ill: and Irish Parliamentary party,' 112, 116, 117; secure clerical-nationalist alliance, 112; Sinn Fein, 117; limits on political power, 120-123: Repeal Association, 125 n. 10. Boylan, Christopher, rector, Irish College in Rome, 125 n. 10. British government, Catholic Church in Ireland borrows from, 24-25; impedes Irish economic growth, 35; Whig government, 97, gS; and Irish grievances, 97, 109; Radicals, gS; respect for power, 109; Gladstone's Liberal government, 110; Conservative government, 110; bishops lose confidence in, Ill; education question, 112; and Sinn Fein, 116, liS, 11g; opposition to O'Connell's repeal agitation, 125 n. 10. INDEX British public opinion, of Catholic Association, 96-99; of Repeal Association, 96-99; and constitutional viability of Irish issues, 98-99. Browne, Robert, Bishop of Cloyne, on Queenstown Cathedral, 27. Brunelli, Giovanni, Secretary of Propaganda, 66. . burials, source of clerical income, 67. Burke, Anthonv, 66. Burke, Thoma; N., a.p., 83. Butt, Isaac, M.P. for Limerick and leader of Irish Parliamentarv party, constitutionalism of, 109. Carmelites, 79. Catholic Association, and developing Irish political consciousness, 10; mobilizes farmer elite, 96-99; role of clergy, 96-99; role of British public opinion, 96-99; issue of liberty and freedom, 98; Catholic emancipation, 10, 103. Catholic Church, world-wide, Irish influence, 9-10. Catholic Church in Ireland, history of, 2-3; role in economy, 1-5, 13-55, 91; financial condition of, 3, 7, 82; power and influence, 2, 3, 119-123; clergy, 9, 17-18, 20, 24-25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 58-69, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 87 n. 17,96-99, 100, 101, 103, 106, 107,108- 109,110-111,112,114, 116,117,125 n. 10; bishops, 9, IB, 2~ 26, 28, 30, 31, 58-59, 62, 72-73, 77, 7B, 79, Bl, 100, 101, 105, 106, 107,110-112,116,117,120- 123, 125 n. 10; laity, 17,20,24,72; nuns, 28, 30, 5B-59; Devotional Revolution, 5-9, 57-89; and agricultural bourgeoisie, 9; missionary infrastructure, 9-10; budget from 1817 to 1847, 18; expenditures of, IB-21, 54 n. 52, 55 n. 54; complaints about clerical dues, 20; capital dependence on farming and merchant classes, 21; loans from British government, 24-25; loans from banks, 24-25, 28; ecclesiastical property, 25-26; episcopacy reformed, 26; church building revolution, 26-27; contributions to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Lyons, 28; legacies and bequests 28-30; investment policies, 31; shares of national income, 34; impediment to economic growth, 34-35, revision of this theory, 4; entrepreneurial talent absorbed, 35, revision of this theory, 4; response to adverse economy, 59; educational reform, 73; pastoral reform 73; political reform, 73; economic power, 13-55,91; social power, 91, 120-12:1; political power, 91, 120123 ; power consolidated by Cullen, 7:1-74, 77; priests and nuns exported, B4, B9 n. 45; and nation, 92; and state, 92; as basic element of political system, 92; "Church" defined, 100-101; education question, 105-107, lOB, 120; and national consciousness, 108, 122123 ; competition with Fenianism, IOB-109; role in Irish state, I 13, 119- 123. Catholic...

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