Ep 17: The Most Powerful Women in Ireland: A history of The Nuns

2021-08-16

In this week's episode we look at the history of religious orders in Ireland and how it came about that Religious Orders had so much power in Irish society. We barely scratched the surface of this conversation but this is the first part of a series on the nuns in Ireland. We start off with Catholic Emancipation, through to De Valera and then onto the work in Reformation schools. It gets a little choppy at the end because this conversation is so dense. We hope you get some new understanding about Religious Orders here in Ireland. As ever contact us through Social Media. We'd love to hear what you think:Follow us on Twitter: ...

In this week's episode we look at the history of religious orders in Ireland and how it came about that Religious Orders had so much power in Irish society.

We barely scratched the surface of this conversation but this is the first part of a series on the nuns in Ireland. We start off with Catholic Emancipation, through to De Valera and then onto the work in Reformation schools.

It gets a little choppy at the end because this conversation is so dense. We hope you get some new understanding about Religious Orders here in Ireland.

As ever contact us through Social Media. We'd love to hear what you think:
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/awomansplaceire and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awomansplaceirelan

Episode Breakdown:

3.00 The Reformation

3.30 We love mass

5.00 Gaffs for the nuns

8.30 Penny for the fancy churches

10.15 Nuns as teachers

11.00 Is there anything to be said for another nun

12.20 A better life

14.00 Changing Gods

16.00 They are so SMRT

17.00 OUT OUT YIZ HERETICS

18.20 Post War Ireland was no craic