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Searching for the Irish Soul Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin Articles School of Business and Humanities 2002-3 Searching for the Irish Soul Eamon Maher Technological University Dublin, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ittbus Part of the Modern Literature Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Maher, E., (2002) ''Searching for the Irish Soul'', Reality, Vol.67, No.3, March, pp.25-25 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Business and Humanities at ARROW@TU Dublin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of ARROW@TU Dublin. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License ike a good number of people, the first (However, I somehow I heard of this book was when the doubt he will ever be Lcontroversy broke surrounding chosen as a spokesman for comments made in it by Cardinal the hierarchy.) I first Desmond Connell in relation to the encountered him through Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, his book, Kissing the Dark Walton Empey. These are just two of 16 (Veritas, 1999), which people interviewed by the author, Dr. emphasises the role of art Stephen Costello, on the highly relevant and literature in providing topic of the Irish soul. In spite of all the food for the soul. When furore caused by the Cardinal's comments asked how he would (he claimed that Dr. Empey would not be describe his relationship considered one of the Church of Ireland's with God, Hederman theological "high-fliers"), the interview replies: "It is like connect­ itself concentrates mainly on a rather ing with a very refined and high-brow discussion of angels and the reticent aristocratic French philosopher, Malebranche. It did animal." (p.118) That is a Om.mations with I Gerry Adams llvor B . not captivate this reader. wonderful response! It is Cardinal Desmond Connell I Rodd Do rowne I Catherine Colllelfont Brendan Dowling 1Marl: .,_~ Y yle I Archbimop Walton l!mpey One would imagine that we Irish are a clear from his remarks that Graham ICnu ·~•clc H<d<rman I Ric:bard Kearney Daniel O'D lteJ I Alke Leahy I Jo Newman I David Norria soulful people, but what exactly is 'soul'? this man has been exposed onndll M•chdJOMuircheartai,h I DanaRoaemaryscaJJon In his Preface, the author uses a quote to many cultures and expe­ from Wordsworth which I always liked: riences. Having done his Soul is what permits us to "see into the life doctorate in philosophy in of things." But it is a lot more than that Paris under Emmanuel depending on whom one asks. The Irish Levinas during the 1960s, it is clear that when it comes to the stances he adopts. Soul: In Dialogue allows a number of Hederman has had to question and He is in favour of women priests and people from various walks of life to give us justify his approach to faith and religion believes divorce is not always wrong. He their assessment of the Irish soul - writers, on numerous occasions. also states that the pronouncement Churchmen, an artist, a prison governor, He chose not to become a priest reportedly made by the Pope that homo­ singers, academics, a sports commentator, because he couldn't assume the responsi­ sexuals are "unnatural and evil" was and so on. About half the interviews are bility of telling people in the confessional ·totally off the wall. He has problems with fascinating, and all are interesting. how they should conduct their lives. the Roman Curia and the entrapments of Costello, solid academician that he is, had Humanae Vitae, he says, promulgated power that characterise that particular done his research before conducting the views with which he could not align institution. And yet he is a deeply soulful interviews. He therefore comes across as himself. Hederman points out that it is person. His knowledge of literature is comfortable talking about music as he is difficult to determine what is sinful: "Our immense and, as founding editor (along discussing philosophy or sport. His own self-will is so fraught with doing · with Richard Kearney) of The Crane Bag, breadth of knowledge is impressive, and what we want to do and calling it some­ he is someone with his finger on the he doesn't attempt to impose his own thing else, but in principle I would agree cultural pulse of Ireland. I feel that it opinions on his interviewees. that every part of you is in the service of would be worth buying The Irish Soul: In God and if, for whatever reason, it was Dialogue for this interview alone. It is full Stimulating comments required of you to do anything that God of quotable quotes like this one on prayer: The most stimulating comments of all wants you to do, then it is correct." "That's what I have to do, to get over come from a monk who is somewhat at a (p120) Indeed, it is impossible to apply the centre of gravity of myself so that I remove from the Catholic hierarchy, simplistic labels like right or wrong to can move upwards, but not as flight in Mark Patrick Hederman of Glenstal. If many human actions - there are so many the sense of leaving my body behind or the Catholic Church in Ireland is to shades of grey involved that no one of taking off into orbit but of curving my regain some of its former vigour, it will except God has the competence to attention towards a particular point... need people of the intellectual calibre of pronounce on these matters. That's what I mean by prayer. In the this man to put across its message. Hederman is something of a maverick monastery (Glenstal), we sing in Latin at March 2002 Reality 25 Vespers, so prayer for us is liturgical. It's Comerford recounts how she got talk­ Richard Kearney is "hoping that the next wonderful. It's like a river, being in some ing to a male sex offender one day. She Pope will be more like John XXIII. But if kind of movement. Singing and breath­ asked him if he knew his victim, and not, I'll remain a Catholic, because I don't ing are very important. It's breath and when he replied "Yes", she enquired who believe that the Church belongs to the earth. It's not about mind." (p.123) There it was. It turned out to be his two-and-a hierarchy. It belongs to the people, to is much food for thought in those lines! half-year-old daughter: "Then he said, people like Sister Stan(islaus) and Jean 'You know, it wasn't my fault'. I wanted Vanier and to people who are actively Lay views to be physically sick. He wanted to blame thinking and working through their faith But let's get away from churchmen for a a two-and-a-half-year-old because of his on a day-to-day basis." (p.lSS) He echoes while and listen to what one of our best­ problems. He just didn't think he did the views of a good number of Irish known contemporary writers, Roddy anything wrong." (p.48) people in these lines. Doyle, has to say about the Irish soul. A Comerford is working side-by-side It has always struck me that people in self-professed atheist, he was active on with those who are reviled (sometimes Ireland are aU-or-nothing when it the 'Yes' side of the divorce referendum, with good reason) by many people who comes to their religious practice. They which polarised Irish society during the would like them to disappear off the face either accept Church teaching and obey 1990s. Doyle writes mainly about the of the earth. And certainly there are diffi­ it blindly or else they disagree with Dublin working classes, many of whom culties dealing with those who have aspects of doctrine and turn away from would have experienced marital break­ perpetrated heinous acts, especially it completely. The middle path down at first hand. He saw how alienated against children. Camus found the suggested by Richard Kearney is much these people had become from organised unnecessary suffering of children one of preferable. His following observation is religion and from politics. The quality of the reasons why he couldn't reconcile also insightful: "I think a revolution in their lives was not seen by them to be of himself with the concept of a loving the Irish Church is necessary to retrieve huge import to the religious and church God. Comerford's job is described by what is genuinely spiritual, mystical leaders of the day. Unemployment was Costello as being part of a divine mission and healing and to acknowledge the very high with all its attendant social and (Christ entreated his followers to visit sins that have been committed in the moral problems. References to Mass and those who are sick or in prison) and she name of God- and there have been a lot the Sacraments are rare indeed in Doyle's comes across as being a caring, spiritual of them." (p.l61) novels for the simple reason that they person. She says: "Yes, I am a practising had no impact on his characters' lives. Catholic. My faith is very important to Community of searchers Similarly, Doyle says of himself: me. I try to see good in everything.
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