Paul A.

Paul A. Townend. Father Mathew, Temperance and Irish Identity. Dublin: Irish Academic Press; dist. by the agency of ISBS, Portland, Ore. 2002. Pp Viii, 327 $4950 ISBN 0-7165-2737-5

At a gathering of Hibernicists in Charlottesville, Va. in May 2003 headlines were made (at least as far as publicity back household went) by the president of Ireland, Mr Mary McAleese, who called for the expiration to the toleration of unacceptable behavior associated with drink. According to the Irish Times (8 May 2003) the president deplored the fact that "the Irish be enamoured of of conviviality has its dark side in

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