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Morrissey has written a lengthy and detailed life and times biography of Peter Kenney. His book is an important contribution to 19th-century Irish and American religious history.

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Morrissey's mastery is confident and communicates assurance - and Kenney's influential importance and extraordinary spiritual dynamic in an active religious world. - Patrick O'Farrell, Journal of Religious History [Morrissey's] study is immensely detailed, but the thread of the story never gets lost and the figure of Kenney develops convincingly through a freely flowing narrative. - Patrick Corish, Irish Theological Quarterly This is a gripping book, which will make the reader want to know more about Kenney's contemporaries and the world in which they lived. - Finola Kennedy, Irish Independent Proper tribute has been paid to Kenney's greatness at last. The book deserves to be acquired by every self-respecting library in the land, and to be made available to all who show an interest in Irish history and biography. - Flannan Hogan, Hallel Morrissey has written a lengthy and detailed life and times biography of Peter Kenney. His book is an important contribution to 19th-century Irish and American religious history. - Thomas McGrath, Irish Times This is a splendid book, an insight in depth into aspects of Irish, Jesuit, and American history alike. Rush to get it ... - Louis McRedmond, Religious Life Review

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Thomas Morrissey, SJ is a former director of the National College of Industrial Relations and the author of 16 books.

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