Frank Duff

Rezensionen / Stimmen

This biography is an affectionate tribute to a friend and hero of the author, and a well-researched, if uncritical, piece of work about an interesting man who had far-reaching ideas and effects on Irish society. * The Irish Times * ...this is a fine biography and Duff has been fortunate in having such a sympathetic yet fair and meticulous biographer as Finola Kennedy. * The Irish Examiner * A new biography of Frank Duff is something to be welcomed at a time when historical memory is under pressure from so many sources... this book should be a timely reference point for our attention and consideration. * The Furrow * [Duff] exemplified the Catholic tradition of charitable work at its best- you do not preach by lecturing but by works of mercy, compassion and unselfish altruism... this is an inspiring book. * Maria Legionis * Kennedy's biography is both expansive and detailed. It shows a truly busy man who contributed in an outstanding way to the Church to which he belonged, as well as playing a significant part as a civil servant in the building of the Republic of Ireland. * Church of Ireland Gazette * ... [a] well-researched and stimulating biography. * Times Education Supplement * ... an admirable biography... In giving us this excellent biography of Frank Duff, Finola Kennedy has reminded us of fierce conflicts which existed between the laity and the Church in this country and of the real resistance to it. * Irish Independent * Finola Kennedy... has now turned her exceptional talents to providing a thorough, thoughtful, even-handed life of Frank Duff... [a] meticulously researched study. * The Irish Catholic * ... meticulously researched and yet very easy to read... [Kennedy] is very much an insider, an active legionary at various times in her life and god daughter of her subject. Not only does she bring Frank to life for the reader but she also recreates the social and political background and the prevailing Catholic culture against which the Legion was founded. * Africa Magazine * [Kennedy] has made excellent use of a mass of archive material... providing a full and rounded portrait of Duff. * The Catholic Herald *