Host: Kathy Sinnott with Eugene Dunphy

The history of Ireland is essentially the history of a christian people. The culture, the faith and the language are interwoven in a way that defines Irish identity. With this cultural fusion the Irish evangelised the world. There are probably more missionaries per capita from Ireland than from any other nation in human history. In ‘modern’ Ireland today, some would tend to almost exorcize the faith from Irish identity, to create a kind of secularised Ireland. According to today’s guest, this ’New Ireland’ has little or nothing to do with what it means to be truly Irish. Writer and commentator Eugene Dunphy has examined the bond between the Irish language, the culture and the faith. In a fascinating journey through Irish history, Dunphy talks to Kevin Turley about faith and Irish culture through the ages.