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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465663303321

Autore

Maguire Moira (Moira J.)

Titolo

Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland [[electronic resource] /] / Moira Maguire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

ISBN

1-78170-260-8

1-84779-325-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

362.70869409415

Soggetti

Children with social disabilities - Government policy - Ireland - History - 20th century

Poor children - Government policy - Ireland - History - 20th century

Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Ireland Social conditions 20th century

Ireland Politics and government 1922-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Moira J. Maguire"--Book jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Poverty, family dysfunction, and state provision for neglected children -- Cherished equally? "Outdoor" provision for illegitimate children -- Cherished equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children -- Legislating care and protection : the Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption -- The abused child? -- Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide -- Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children.

Sommario/riassunto

This study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to cherish and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalised and ignored them.