We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries (original) (raw)

Maynooth College celebrates its 225th anniversary in 2020 and this beautifully-presented volume captures a multi-dimensional perspective of an institution that has held a singular place in modern Irish church history. We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries, edited by Salvador Ryan and JP Sheridan is a collection of essays that paints a rounded picture of a unique college, through whose hallowed halls have passed both kings and popes.

This splendid book is part history, part folk-history, part aide-mémoire. For some, it will be an introduction to this historic centre of learning, for others it will be an evocation of memories, reminiscences and encounters, offering portraits of characters that passed through the college and the people that journeyed with them.

‘500 pages of beautifully printed, copiously ‑ and fascinatingly ‑ illustrated memories” that “reflect the colourful palette of human experience” in this major institution.’ John Horgan, Dublin Review of Books

‘ a wonderful compendium, and makes for richly rewarding reading.. full of information and insights, and rich in humane sentiments.’ The Irish Catholic