The Problem with Drawing Lines: Theo-geographies of the Catholic Parish in Ireland

While people in Catholic parishes in Ireland appear keenly aware of parish boundaries, these understandings are more often oral than cartographic. There is no digital map of all of the Catholic parishes in Ireland. However, the institutional Catholic Church insists that no square kilometre can exist...

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Main Author: O'Mahony, Eoin 1905-1970 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2014
In: Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Pages: 48-65
Further subjects:B Cartography
B Catholic
B Ireland
B Representation
B Parish
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