“Very like proselytism”: Delgany Children’s Home (1890–1905) and the Fanny Christian affair’
Rosemary explores the controversy that arose in 1891 when allegations of proselytism brought unwelcome attention to the newly established children’s home in Delgany. The story unfolds from the leafy lanes of Delgany to the streets of Dublin’s Monto, with figures including a parson, a Parnellite priest, philanthropic women, a rising political star, and a destitute widow and her daughter at its heart.
