TY - BOOK AU - Maguire,Moira TI - Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland /Moira J. Maguire SN - 9781781702604 AV - HV757 .P743 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Catholic Church KW - Ireland KW - Children with social disabilities KW - Government policy KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Poor children KW - Christianity and politics KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515142&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -