Thirty-Three Good Men: Celibacy, Obedience and Identity. A Sociological Study of the Lived Experience of Irish Diocesan Priests in Modern Ireland, 1960 - 2010. - Softcover

This study is concerned with the lives of thirty-three Irish Catholic diocesan priests and former priests during a period of significant change in the Irish Church and Irish society, 1960-2010. The study focuses on the way Irish diocesan priests understand and experience celibacy and obedience in modern Ireland, and how they understand their evolving identity as priests. The book explores other related topics too, such as the current crisis in priesthood.

Dr John A. Weafer has been a researcher and teacher for more than thirty years. He was the first lay director of the Irish Bishops' Council for Research and Development in Maynooth. He was subsequently appointed to the boards of two of Ireland's largest market research agencies before establishing his own research company, Weafer Research Associates, in 2000. He lives in Leixlip with his wife, Anne Marie and their three children, Siobhån, Daragh and Orlagh.