The Catholic Church in Ireland consoles itself with the thought that its demise is part of a larger trend in which modernising forces have undermined traditional sources of authority.
The recent election results contradicts this thesis - rarely have the two traditional parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, been more dominant.
Similarly, the GAA has thrived during the Celtic Tiger era.
It is not easy to identify the reasons for the varied fortunes of these traditional pillars of our society but the Catholic Church will have to analyse its own failures more clearly before it can hope for a revival.
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