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

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Poverty, family dysfunction, and State provision for neglected children
2. Cherished equally? “Outdoor” provision for illegitimate children
3. Cherished Equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children
4. Legislating care and protection: The Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption
5. The abused child?
6. Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide
7. Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children
Index

Precarious Childhood in Postindependence Ireland

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9780719080814, 978-0719080814
      ISBN10: 719080819

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book reveals the desperate plight of the poor, neglected, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to "cherish" and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalized and ignored them.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Poverty, family dysfunction, and State provision for neglected children
      2. Cherished equally? “Outdoor” provision for illegitimate children
      3. Cherished Equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children
      4. Legislating care and protection: The Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption
      5. The abused child?
      6. Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide
      7. Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children
      Index

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