03268nam 2200793 a 450 991096817660332120240313075801.097818477975991847797598978178170260417817026089781847793256184779325810.7765/9781847793256(CKB)2560000000085677(EBL)1069655(OCoLC)818847423(SSID)ssj0000712830(PQKBManifestationID)12266692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712830(PQKBWorkID)10650332(PQKB)10500382(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086843(OCoLC)936296500(MdBmJHUP)muse77982(OCoLC)1132221765(Au-PeEL)EBL1069655(CaPaEBR)ebr10623390(CaONFJC)MIL843623(MiAaPQ)EBC1069655(DE-B1597)659731(DE-B1597)9781847793256(Perlego)1526472(EXLCZ)99256000000008567720101006d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrecarious childhood in post-independence Ireland /Moira Maguire1st ed.Manchester, 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.9780719087745 0719087740 9780719080814 0719080819 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-Children with social disabilitiesGovernment policyHistoryPoor childrenGovernment policyHistoryChristianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistory362.70869409415Maguire Moira(Moira J.)1805670MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968176603321Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland4354405UNINA