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«McGraw and Tiernan have produced a powerful scholarly interrogation of the changing face of Irish Primary Education. History conferred dominance of the sector on a powerful Catholic Church. The future will be different for a weakened Church that faces new actors, new voices, new aspirations, in fact an emerging new secular, liberal Ireland. This study calmly and convincingly explores this transitioning landscape, asking “What Next?”. It is an invitation to one of the most crucial and profound debates in the story of modern Ireland and a welcome exemplary, fresh contribution to that debate.» (Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland Current Professor of Children, Law & Religion at the University of Glasgow and Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin)

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