This is the first book to tackle the controversial history of prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Maria Luddy uncovers the extent of prostitution in the country, how Irish women came to work as prostitutes, their living conditions and their treatment by society.
A valuable collection of over 100 sources and documents relating to the public and private lives of women in Ireland during the period 1800-1918.
This first comprehensive history of marriage in Ireland across three centuries focuses on the middle and lower classes. It offers a multi-faceted exploration of how marriage was perceived, negotiated and controlled by the church and state, as well as by individual men and women within Irish society.