The Ulster History Circle marks the centenary of the birth of a Catholic primate and historian.
Cardinal Ó Fiaich, pictured outside the Vatican in 1982, is being honoured by the Ulster History CircleA blue plaque in tribute to Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich - a former leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland - will be unveiled in County Armagh on Friday.He was also a noted academic and linguist who lectured in modern history and was renowned for his passion for the Irish language and Irish folklore.
He consistently condemned IRA murders, preaching that "the political problems of our country cannot be solved by methods contrary to God's law". But he still continued his academic career and took a job as a lecturer in modern history at Maynooth.He was later appointed president of the college in 1974.
During the 1981 IRA hunger strike he declined to attend a meeting with Mrs Thatcher due to prior church business, in a move widely viewed as a snub to the then prime minister. In 1985 he caused widespread hurt by claiming: "I think 90% of religious bigotry is to be found among Protestants. Whereas the bigotry one finds among Catholics is mainly political."
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