Well, Holy God

My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent

Patsy McGarry

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Merrion Press
15 August 2024

Memoirs; Reportage & collected journalism; History; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity

As the Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times from 1997, Patsy McGarry reported on some of the most troubling scandals to have rocked both Catholic and Protestant Churches in the last few decades. In Well, Holy God, he looks back not only on his time in journalism, recalling some of the most distressing stories he has had to cover, but also his own history with Catholicism and of a faith lost when the stark realities of being part of that Church became apparent to him.

This book covers the gamut of his career, from the horrors of the various clerical child sex abuse cases, the vilification of Bishop Eamonn Casey and the muted reaction the Church of Ireland to the violence at Drumcree, to the role of women in the Catholic Church and the tragedies of the Mother and Baby Homes and the Magdalene laundries. Alongside accounts of such seismic events, there are lighter anecdotes, including the perils of travelling with a pope, some characters he’s met along the way and a look at the good that those with a true calling can do. Well, Holy God is a memoir brimming with personality, charting the highs and lows of a truly fascinating career.

By: Patsy McGarry
Imprint: Merrion Press
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781785374968
ISBN 10: 1785374966
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 In the Beginning … 2 A Grand Metropolis 3 Mary’s Bridge Too Far 4 A Painful Case 5 The Fugitive Bishop and His Son 6 Heraclitus 7 Insurance and a Medieval Monk 8 Icarus 9 Drumcree, O Drumcree 10 An Irishwoman Abroad 11 Travels with the Pope 12 Roman ‘Justice’ 13 Among the Best 14 Mná na hÉireann Epilogue Acknowledgements

Patsy McGarry was born in November 1952 in County Roscommon. Following a spell in teaching and then radio in Dublin, he became the theatre critic for The Irish Press. In 1992 he won a national media award for political coverage in the Sunday Independent on the fall of Charles Haughey. In 1993 he began working for The Irish Times and in 1997 became Religious Affairs Correspondent. He has published a number of books, including Christianity, While Justice Slept: The True Story of Nicky Kelly and the Sallins Train Robbery and First Citizen: Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency.

Reviews for Well, Holy God: My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent

McGarry is notably fair to all sides...[his] memoir recounts in a compelling manner the slow unravelling of the Catholic Church in Ireland, an evolution that he witnessed first-hand and reported on in an insightful and courageous manner for several decades. -- Eamon Maher * The Irish Times *