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Irish Ecclesiastical Record

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Front cover of 1865 edition
Front cover of 1865 edition
Discipline Catholic theology, ecclesiastical affairs
Language English
Publication details
History 1864–1968
Publisher Browne and Nolan (Ireland)
Frequency Monthly
ISO 4 Find out here
Indexing
ISSN 0790-8822
OCLC no. 1605447
Links
Online archive at Internet Archive

The Irish Ecclesiastical Record was an Irish Roman Catholic monthly journal founded by Archbishop later Cardinal Paul Cullen in 1864. The Record contained articles on theology, liturgy, domestic and international church affairs, catholic social theory, literature, philosophy, history and Irish social and economic conditions.[1] Seen as a bridge between Irish church and Roman church doctrines it reflected Cardinal Cullen's ultramontane policies.[2] It was published under episcopal sanction, and published from Maynooth College from 1880.[3]

Editors of The Record included Rev. Patrick Francis Moran (1864-1871), Rev. George Conroy (1864-1871), Rev. William Joseph Walsh (1876-1880), Rev. Thomas Joseph Carr (1880-1883), Rev. John Healy (1883), Rev. Robert Browne (1884-1892), Rev. John F. Hogan (1892-1913), Rev. Patrick McSweeney (1913-1935), Rev. Martin Brenan, Rev. Patrick Joseph Hamel (1948-1964), Rev. John McMakin (1964-1968), the last editor of the journal.

Contributors included Rev. Patrick Francis Moran, Rev. William Joseph Walsh, Rev. Robert Browne, Rev. Daniel Mannix, Rev. Patrick Augustine Sheehan, Rev. Bartholomew MacCarthy, Rev. Henry Dennehy, Rev. Walter McDonald (professor), Rev. Jeremiah Murphy, and Rev. William Hutch.

The Record ceased publication in December 1968.

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