Archbishop John Charles McQuaid—a reassessment

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid—a reassessment John Charles McQuaid, archbishop of Dublin from 1940 to 1972, was a colossus of the Catholic Church in his day, famous (or infamous) for his opposition to health minister Noel Browne’s Mother and Child Scheme. Less well known is his pioneering work on Irish emigrant welfare in Britain and his ... Read more

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