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Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland

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.

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Main Author: Maguire, Moira (Moira J.)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Ireland.
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.
Ireland > Social conditions > 20th century.
Ireland > Politics and government > 1922-
Electronic books.
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