Irish Papist

For once, my blog post title is purely descriptive. I want to write about the phrase "ladies and gentlemen"-- that and nothing els...

In this excellent discussion, John Lennox (a Christian mathematician) and agnostic Alex O'Connor agree that "the conversation is sh...

Last night I was feeling very gloomy, but I cheered up after watching this video from Jimmy Akin, my favourite Catholic apologist and evang...

One of the things I've noticed about myself recently is that I'm taking more and more pleasure in little things. This is happening s...

Yesterday, I came across the YouTube channel of a young Irish man who is a recent convert to Catholicism from atheism. (Not a revert, as he ...

The UCD Library Cultural Heritage Collections Blog has published my blog post on Kavanagh's Weekly , a rather scurrilous publication edi...

I've often asked myself the question: how "Irish" is Ireland when it comes to everyday life? Everyday life has always been my ...