Sarah Roddy is Associate Professor of Irish Social History at Maynooth University and has published widely in modern Irish and British history. Her previous publications include Population, Providence and Empire: The Churches and Emigration from Nineteenth-century Ireland (2014) and, as co-author, The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912 (2018).

• Introduction; 1. Paying and praying: the evolution of regular religious payments; 2. Hatching, matching, and dispatching: priest payments and the life cycle; 3. Counting the pennies: religious as financial managers; 4. Showing, telling, and not telling: money and the material in the church interior; 5. Gambling for God: lotteries, raffles and prize draws; 6. Jolly begging: the emotions of overseas fundraising tours; Conclusion.

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Sarah Roddy is Associate Professor of Irish Social History at Maynooth University and has published widely in modern Irish and British history. Her previous publications include Population, Providence and Empire: The Churches and Emigration from Nineteenth-century Ireland (2014) and, as co-author, The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912 (2018).

• Introduction; 1. Paying and praying: the evolution of regular religious payments; 2. Hatching, matching, and dispatching: priest payments and the life cycle; 3. Counting the pennies: religious as financial managers; 4. Showing, telling, and not telling: money and the material in the church interior; 5. Gambling for God: lotteries, raffles and prize draws; 6. Jolly begging: the emotions of overseas fundraising tours; Conclusion.

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Sarah Roddy is Associate Professor of Irish Social History at Maynooth University and has published widely in modern Irish and British history. Her previous publications include Population, Providence and Empire: The Churches and Emigration from Nineteenth-century Ireland (2014) and, as co-author, The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912 (2018).

• Introduction; 1. Paying and praying: the evolution of regular religious payments; 2. Hatching, matching, and dispatching: priest payments and the life cycle; 3. Counting the pennies: religious as financial managers; 4. Showing, telling, and not telling: money and the material in the church interior; 5. Gambling for God: lotteries, raffles and prize draws; 6. Jolly begging: the emotions of overseas fundraising tours; Conclusion.

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