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'On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World' by Sean Connolly. Basic Books (New York, 2022). 544 pp., $35. The Catholic Church throughout much of the world was shaped by the Irish diaspora, the migration of 8 million Irish men and women that took place (mostly) between 1760 and 1960. As the Irish left their native soil to escape poverty and find new opportunities, they were followed by priests and bishops, and religious sisters and brothers who provided the sacraments, taug

In On Every Tide, Sean Connolly tells the epic story of Irish migration, showing how emigrants became a force in world politics and religion. Starting in the 18th century, the Irish fled limited opportunity at home and fanned out across America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These emigrants helped settle new frontiers, industrialize the West, and spread Catholicism

Sean Connolly's On Every Tide traces how Irish immigrants in America clawed their way up via the unions until they got a president: JFK