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Its not your fathers Ireland. Not anymore. A story of modern revolution in Ireland told by the founder of IrishCentral, Irish America magazine, and the Irish Voice newspaper.In a May 2019 countrywide referendum, Ireland voted overwhelmingly to make abortion legal; three years earlier, it had done the same with same-sex marriage, becoming the only country in the world to pass such a law by universal suffrage. Pope Franciss visit to the country saw protests and a fraction of the emphatic welcome that Pope John Pauls had seen forty years earlier. There have been two female heads of state since 1990, the first two in Irelands history. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, an openly gay man of Indian heritage, declared that "a quiet revolution had taken place."It had. For nearly all of its modern history, Ireland was Europes most conservative country. The Catholic Church was its most powerful institution and held power over all facets of Irish life. But as scandal eroded the Churchs hold on Irish life, a new Ireland has flourished. War in the North has ended. EU membership and an influx of American multinational corporations have helped Ireland weather economic depression and transform into Europes headquarters for Apple, Facebook, and Google.With help from prominent Irish and Irish American voices like historian and bestselling author Tim Pat Coogan and the New York Timess Maureen Dowd, A New Ireland tells the story of a modern revolution against all odds.