McCarthyism, Catholicism and Ireland: Irish and Irish-American Catholic admiration for McCarthy, while widespread, was far from universal.

The article explores historical reactions in Ireland to McCarthyism and the anti-communism of U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy. Emphasis is given to topics such as the relationship between Catholicism and anti-communism during the Cold War, anti-communism in Ireland, and criticism against McCarthy in the Catholic newspaper the "Standard." INSET: McCarthy's Irish background.