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Tue 12 Dec 2008Evangelical Protestantism's conversion crusade and the Great Hunger

Gearóid Ó Tuathaighreviews Soupers Jumpers. The Protestant Missions in Connemara 1848-1937 By Miriam Moffitt. Nonsuch Publishing. 2008. 288pp. €27.99

RELIGIOUS "conversion" in modern Ireland has rarely been a straightforward matter of individuals changing their theological beliefs or religious convictions.