Nineteenth Century Ireland

Jordan, Thomas E.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4390-8_6

SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research

2012

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4390-8_6

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Nineteenth Century Ireland

Thomas E. Jordan

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Confessing Ireland: Gerald Griffin and the Secret of Emancipation

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There is only one state of perfect confidence on earth-it is that which exists between a Catholic penitent and his confessor. Here alone there is no reserve-here alone the heart is truly laid bare-and the soul exposed in its true colours. The confidence of the most intimate friendship must still have some reserve and. .. a degree of secrecy. gerald griffin, common place book a 1 In 1825, while Gerald Griffin was in London writing his Tales of the Munster Festivals (1827), a Parliamentary select committee was compiling evidence for an exhaustive report on the state of Ireland. Among the witnesses questioned were a host of Catholic priests, whose testimonies were directed repeatedly to the practice of confession among Irish Catholics, and in particular to the secrecy at the heart of that ritual. With its claims to divine authority and its inviolable secrecy, confession seemed to offer in distilled form everything that was problematic about Britain's new "step-daughter" in Union. 2 Here was a shadowy corner of Irish life beyond the reach of progressive reformers, sealed off from the eyes and ears of Dublin Castle,

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Confessing Ireland: Gerald Griffin and the Secret of Emancipation

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