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Customer and peer reviews of my book ‘The Belligerent Prelate: An Alliance between Archbishop Daniel Mannix and Eamon de Valera‘.

Great book, well worth a read!

“This is a brilliantly written piece of literature. The author gives you a detailed account about the life of Archbishop Mannix (both in Ireland and his work in Australia) and his relationship with Eamon de Valera while making it easy to read and thoroughly enjoyable. This books shows you that Archbishop Mannix should be more well known for all the work he did. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Irish history/ Irish-Australian connections. It is well worth a read!”
Amazon.co.uk customer
11 January 2013
“The history of Irish diaspora leaders, both religious and lay, is a fertile ground for Irish history scholarship. Dr Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for forty-six years and was a very influential figure in both Australia and Ireland. Mannix stood up for Irish Catholics when they were still treated as second-class citizens even in their own country. On this pretext alone, his name will never be forgotten. This volume is an important contribution to the study of Mannix’s historical legacy.”
Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha
Department of History, University of Limerick, Ireland
“The type of dual contextualized biography pursued by Patrick Mannix is more sophisticated and compelling than previous titles. My view is that "The Belligerent Prelate: An Alliance between Archbishop Daniel Mannix and Eamon de Valera" will prove popular in a number of specialized areas and has the capacity to excite public interest in Ireland, Australia, North America and beyond.”
Dr Ruan O’Donnell
Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Limerick, Ireland
“Patrick Mannix, The Belligerent Prelate: an alliance between Archbishop Daniel Mannix and Eamon de Valera, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. De Valera was one of the most dominant figures in the first decades of the Irish Free State. In the early years Dr Mannix was exceptional among Catholic bishops for his strong support of him. Patrick Mannix has written a detailed and readable book which deserves wide circulation. The timely publication in 2012 will contribute to the success of the centenary commemoration in March 2013 of Dr Mannix’s arrival in Melbourne."
Dr Val Noone, Guest Editor
Footprints: Journal of the Melbourne Diocean Historical Commission, 27 (1) June 2012.
"Patrick Mannix retells the familiar story of the archbishop’s controversial 1920 visit to the United States — a stop before his visit to Pope Benedict XV in Rome. But the book’s special value lies in its portrayal of how de Valera took advice from Mannix on such questions as the oath on entering the Dail, the new Irish Constitution, and numerous other issues.

Especially instructive is the author’s portrayal of how Mannix ignored de Valera’s pleas to be less aggressive toward the Irish hierarchy in 1925 and again in the 1930s, when de Valera needed the support of the bishops, and Mannix carried an unforgiving remembrance of their part in his exile to Australia."
Thomas E. Hachey The Catholic Historical Review 99 (4) 2013, pp 799-800

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