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" Letters of the Catholic poor : "
Lindsey Earner-Byrne (University College Dublin).
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BL
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839172
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Earner-Byrne, Lindsey
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Letters of the Catholic poor : : poverty in independent Ireland, 1920-1940 /\ Lindsey Earner-Byrne (University College Dublin).
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :: Cambridge University Press,, 2017.
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, ©2017
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xii, 284 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1107179912
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: 9781107179912
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.
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Editorial Rubric -- Introduction: A history of the experience of poverty : "It is hard to state my case in writing" -- The Social Setting : "Is this a Civilized Country?" -- Artefacts of Poverty : "I Crave your Holy Pardon for Writing" -- The "Poor" Make their Case : "Surely they are Worth Helping" -- Hidden Poverty : "I bear my Poverty in Silence" -- The Cost of Poverty : "To Live or Rather Exist" -- Vetting and Vouching : "It would be a Charity to Help Him" -- Conclusion: "Peopling the Past".
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"This innovative study of poverty in independent Ireland between 1920 and 1940 is the first to place the poor at its core by exploring their own words and letters. Written to the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, their correspondence represents one of the few traces in history of Irish experiences of poverty, and collectively they illuminate the lives of so many during the foundation decades of the Irish state. This book keeps the human element central, so often lost when the framework of history is policy, institutions, and legislation. It explores how ideas of charity, faith, gender, character and social status were deployed in these poverty narratives and examines the impact of poverty on the lives of these writers and the survival strategies they employed. Finally, it considers the role of priests in vetting and vouching for the poor and, in so doing, perpetuating the discriminating culture of charity"--
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Byrne, Edward J.,1872-1940
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Byrne, Edward J.,1872-1940
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Catholic Church-- Ireland-- Dublin-- Bishops
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Catholic Church.
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Catholics-- Ireland, Correspondence.
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Charity-- Social aspects-- Ireland-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Poor-- Ireland, Correspondence.
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Poor-- Ireland-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Poor-- Ireland-- Dublin-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Poverty-- Ireland-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Bishops.
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Catholics.
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Poor.
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Poverty.
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Social conditions.
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Ireland, Social conditions, 1922-1973, Sources.
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Ireland, Dublin.
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Ireland.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.5/690922417
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HV4088.A3E27 2017
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Poverty in independent Ireland, 1920-1940
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