As pagans, the Irish people were passionate about song and poetry.
As Christians, their passion, combined with a fiery love for Christ, produced some of the finest and touching spiritual poetry of the Church.
About author(s): Thomas J.
Craughwell is author of more than two dozen published works.
Among them are his highly acclaimed Saints Behaving Badly (Doubleday, 2006) and Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics (Image, 2011).
Craughwell's book, Stealing Lincoln's Body (Harvard University Press, 2007), has been adapted into a History Channel documentary.
His articles have been printed by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Inside the Vatican, and Our Sunday Visitor.
A popular speaker, Craughwell has appeared on EWTN, CNN, and Ave Maria radio to discuss saints, the canonization process, and Catholic history.
He writes out of his home in Bethel, Connecticut.
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Tan Books 30 days with the irish mystics, paperback/thomas j. craughwell
