Speaker: Professor John McCarthy
Where: Georgian room,
Buswells hotel, Dublin 2
When: Tuesday, August 20 , 8pm
Admission: Free
Our next speaker is Dr John McCarthy, professor emeritus at Fordham University
in New York whose specialist area is Irish history. He has a keen interest in
the fortunes of the Catholic Church in Ireland and for many years has been
spending each summer in Ireland where he has been able to watch events here at
first hand.
His topic will be, ‘What happened to Catholic Ireland: an Irish-American
historian’s view’. His talk will encompass the attitude of the present
Government towards the Catholic Church.
Dr McCarthy is also a former Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at
Fordham University as well as a member of the Executive Council of the American
Irish Historical Society.
He has been a commentator on Irish issues for the Public Broadcasting System,
the BBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Company and RTE.
In 2006, Dr McCarthy was awarded an OBE for his efforts in the Northern Ireland
Peace Process.
He is the author of many research papers and books. His most recent book is
‘Twenty-First Century Ireland: A View from America’.
If you wish to attend please email [email protected] or
phone 01 6619 204.
