Who dares to take sides in Ireland’s wars?

Hunger striker Denis Barry was refused a Christian burial by Bishop Cohalan.
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During Ireland’s War of Independence the Church’s leaders gave mixed messages; in the brutal civil war which followed, they moved decisively to give their support to one side / By OLIVER RAFFERTY

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