‘You Collared a Maiden Young Ireland in this House’: The Patriotism of Dom Francis Sweetman and His School – Mount St Benedict, Gorey, Co. Wexford

‘What you in England call “politics” we call “patriotism”’ Dom John ‘Francis’ Sweetman (1872–1953) replied in 1919 to the Abbot of Downside’s reminder that he had previously been instructed ‘not to take public part in politics’. Although Sweetman complied with Cuthbert Butler’s order to resign from...

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Main Author: Brunning, Diane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2022
In: The Downside review
Year: 2022, Volume: 140, Issue: 2, Pages: 59-81
Further subjects:B Dom John Francis Sweetman
B Gorey
B Downside Abbey
B Mount St Benedict
B Irish Civil War
B Irish War of Independence
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