Eugene Hoade: Jerusalem’s turbulent Irish priest, 1928–56

One of the hundreds of Irishmen who pursued careers in colonial Palestine. By Seán William Gannon On 6 December 1956, the custodian of the Basilica of Gethsemane in then-Jordanian East Jerusalem, Revd Dr Eugene Hoade, was declared persona non grata by Amman’s interior ministry, taken under armed guard to Qalandia airport and placed on a ... Read more

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