02994nam 2200673 a 450 991046566330332120200520144314.01-78170-260-81-84779-325-8(CKB)2560000000085677(EBL)1069655(OCoLC)818847423(SSID)ssj0000712830(PQKBManifestationID)12266692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712830(PQKBWorkID)10650332(PQKB)10500382(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086843(MiAaPQ)EBC1069655(OCoLC)936296500(MdBmJHUP)muse77982(OCoLC)1132221765(Au-PeEL)EBL1069655(CaPaEBR)ebr10623390(CaONFJC)MIL843623(EXLCZ)99256000000008567720101006d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrecarious childhood in post-independence Ireland[electronic resource] /Moira MaguireManchester, U.K. ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan20091 online resource (257 p.)"Moira J. Maguire"--Book jacket.0-7190-8774-0 0-7190-8081-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Children with social disabilitiesGovernment policyIrelandHistory20th centuryPoor childrenGovernment policyIrelandHistory20th centuryChristianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistory20th centuryIrelandSocial conditions20th centuryIrelandPolitics and government1922-Electronic books.Children with social disabilitiesGovernment policyHistoryPoor childrenGovernment policyHistoryChristianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistory362.70869409415Maguire Moira(Moira J.)1035492MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465663303321Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland2455222UNINA