Confessions of a collapsed devout Catholic and how Gay Byrne changed my world

NEW YORK AND DUBLIN
Irish Central

December 6, 2019

By Jean Farrell

There has been much written about how influential broadcaster Gay Byrne was in changing attitudes here in Ireland.

Indeed he was, as were other factors in the 1960s and 70s. We forget how very different things were in the 1950s and in the preceding decades.

What brought this to mind are old prayer books I came across lately. They give a great insight into the type of religion that was taught in the past.

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