Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Dublin in the Rare Old Times; Chapter 2. A Tiger's Broken Dreams; Chapter 3. Waiting in the Long Grass; Chapter 4. A Million Small Steps; Chapter 5. A Post-Catholic Ireland; Chapter 6. The Jigsaw Puzzle of Peace; Chapter 7. Éireann Go Global; Chapter 8. Tales from the Promised Land; Index; About the Author
Summary
Celtic Revival? explores what happens when a society loses its wealth, its faith in government, and its trust in its Church. Sean Kay draws on a rich blend of research, interviews with a broad spectrum of Irish society, and his own decades of personal experience to tell the story of Ireland today-from the rise of the Celtic Tiger to the dramatic crash that shook the world. He guides the reader through the country's daunting economic challenges, political transformation, social change, the crisis in the Irish Catholic Church, and the rise of gay rights and multiculturalism. He takes us through
