This fascinating study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to cherish and hold them sac

This fascinating study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to "cherish" and hold them s

Marital violence in post-independence Ireland, 1922–96 represents the first comprehensive history of marital violence in modern Ireland, from the founding of

This book is the first to examine life writing and disability in the context of Irish culture. It will be valuable to readers interested in Disability Studies,

This book examines how child protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it copes with the ever-changing concept of risk. The boo