Maria Luddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 284755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Luddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Luddy |
| SIGNATURE | LUDDY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sources for Irish women's history
The original ‘Directory of Sources for Irish Women’s History’ was made available on CD-ROM in 1999. With the advances made in technology the CD has now become obsolete and can no longer be read on more recent computers. In mid-2022 the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the Mná 100 unit of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media supported the transfer of the contents of the CD to a website which would be freely and publ…
Niamh Gallagher. Ireland and the Great War
Marriage in Ireland, 1660–1925
What were the laws on marriage in Ireland, and did church and state differ in their interpretation? How did men and women meet and arrange to marry? How important was patriarchy and a husband's control over his wife? And what were the options available to Irish men and women who wished to leave an unhappy marriage? This first comprehensive history of marriage in Ireland across three centuries looks below the level of elite society for a multi-fac…
English Local History
This standard introduction to local history, first published in 1992 and issued in a second edition ten years later, is now made available in a welcome third edition. The text has been thoroughly r
Ireland and the Imperial World
Ireland and empire is now an established sub-genre in Irish history. Over the last two decades a number of books have appeared exploring, for instance, how the Irish assisted in the administration of the British empire, Irish Christians’ place in creating a ‘spiritual empire’ and how the Irish helped create opposition to the empire and influence the rise of nationalism. How significant the Irish presence in the empire was can be seen in the fact …
The Road to Home Rule
This study by Paul Townend of anti-imperialism within the Irish national movement is a decisive and original intervention into the way we understand the evolution of Irish nationalist politics in the later nineteenth century. British incursions into Asia and Africa from the 1870s saw Irish newspapers of all political persuasions report on imperial violence and native resistance in Africa, Afghanistan and India. From 1881, press coverage of the Ir…
The End of the Irish Poor Law? Welfare and Healthcare Reform in Revolutionary and Independent Ireland, by Donnacha Sean Lucey
The decade of commemorations marking the Irish Revolutionary period is now well under way. The revolutionary period, which was crucial in the development of the fledgling Irish state, has been extensively researched in recent years but this research has focused almost exclusively on political developments. Little attention has been devoted to social issues or to the way in which the social informed the political. By exploring attitudes to, and th…
Women’s Voices in Ireland
This book by Caitriona Clear is the first detailed study of the contribution made by readers to two Irish women’s magazines, Woman’s Life in the 1950s and Woman’s Way in the 1960s. It is not, as its author notes, a comprehensive history of Irish women’s magazines in those decades, but the work offers an insightful and engaging analysis of women’s involvement with these magazines in a period, particularly the 1960s, of substantial social and econo…
Gender and Irish History
Abductions in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Abductions in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Maria Luddy On the night of March 4, 1822, in the townland of Aughrim, near Licarrol in County Cork, twelve well-armed men entered the house of Richard Goold, the son of a prosperous farmer. The abductors were searching for his sister, the eldest daughter of the family. In one of the bedrooms they found sixteen-year-old Honora Goold and asked her if she were the eldest daughter; she said she was not, but t…
Unmarried Mothers in Ireland, 1880-1973
This article explores the changing experiences and representation of Ireland's unmarried mothers from 1880 to 1973. It focuses on the stigma of illegitimacy in political and cultural discourse and the representation of unmarried mothers as immoral and their children as a drain on resources. These remained constant themes within the discourse of unmarried motherhood in Ireland throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The article uses the…
Mother and Child
LINDSAY EARNER‐BYRNE Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007 Pp. x + 245. £50.00. ISBN 9780719074745 Throughout the period covered by Earner‐Byrne’s book Ireland had the highest rate in weste
The making of the Irish poor law, 1815–43 – By Peter Gray
Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History, 1750–1970
Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this
History and politics
Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland
"This book examines Irish society and politics from a class perspective. It provides a wide-ranging introduction to the involvement of the changing middle class in Irish political life and the public sphere between the eighteenth and late twentieth centuries. Sixteen historians trace the rise and consolidation of middle-class political power, as well as significant conflicts within this class during a period of considerable social and political t…
A ‘Sinister and Retrogressive’ Proposal
This article explores the campaign waged by Irish women against the draft constitution of 1937. A number of articles within the constitution were deemed by women activists to threaten both their rights as citizens and as workers. A campaign, organised principally by the Women Graduates' Association, the Joint Committee of Women's Societies and Social Workers, together with the Irish Women Workers' Union, sought to amend or delete the offending ar…
The field day anthology of Irish writing
The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volume V
The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volume IV
News from the archives
(2001). News from the archives: The women's history project—Ireland. Women's Studies: Vol. 30, Women and Ireland: A Historical Perspective, pp. 837-841
Moral rescue and unmarried mothers in Ireland in the 1920s
2001). Moral rescue and unmarried mothers in Ireland in the 1920s. Women's Studies: Vol. 30, Women and Ireland: A Historical Perspective, pp. 797-817
Abandoned Women and Bad Characters
This article examines the extent of prostitution in nineteenth-century Ireland. It centres on the problem of prostitution as one of visibility and the prostitute as a site of possible contagion, both physical and moral. The legal powers given to the police to control prostitution were used when prostitution became a particular problem and the focus of public and clerical condemnation. However, for the public prostitution was most acceptable when …
Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland
Religion played a major role in directing the philanthropy of Irish women in the nineteenth century. The most extensive systems of welfare were provided by Catholic female religious communities, but substantial and extensive charity was also provided by Protestant denominations. There was much rivalry between Catholic and Protestant charity workers, particularly in work relating to orphaned and destitute children. While the denominational basis o…
Unmarried Mothers in Ireland, 1880-1973
This article explores the changing experiences and representation of Ireland's unmarried mothers from 1880 to 1973. It focuses on the stigma of illegitimacy in political and cultural discourse and the representation of unmarried mothers as immoral and their children as a drain on resources. These remained constant themes within the discourse of unmarried motherhood in Ireland throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The article uses the…
Moral rescue and unmarried mothers in Ireland in the 1920s
2001). Moral rescue and unmarried mothers in Ireland in the 1920s. Women's Studies: Vol. 30, Women and Ireland: A Historical Perspective, pp. 797-817
A ‘Sinister and Retrogressive’ Proposal
This article explores the campaign waged by Irish women against the draft constitution of 1937. A number of articles within the constitution were deemed by women activists to threaten both their rights as citizens and as workers. A campaign, organised principally by the Women Graduates' Association, the Joint Committee of Women's Societies and Social Workers, together with the Irish Women Workers' Union, sought to amend or delete the offending ar…
Abductions in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Abductions in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Maria Luddy On the night of March 4, 1822, in the townland of Aughrim, near Licarrol in County Cork, twelve well-armed men entered the house of Richard Goold, the son of a prosperous farmer. The abductors were searching for his sister, the eldest daughter of the family. In one of the bedrooms they found sixteen-year-old Honora Goold and asked her if she were the eldest daughter; she said she was not, but t…
Women and charitable organisations in nineteenth century Ireland
The field day anthology of Irish writing
Abandoned Women and Bad Characters
This article examines the extent of prostitution in nineteenth-century Ireland. It centres on the problem of prostitution as one of visibility and the prostitute as a site of possible contagion, both physical and moral. The legal powers given to the police to control prostitution were used when prostitution became a particular problem and the focus of public and clerical condemnation. However, for the public prostitution was most acceptable when …
An agenda for women’s history in Ireland, 1500–1900
What is exciting about looking at women’s history in nineteenth-century Ireland is the great wealth of material which is available for study and research. Yet very little relevant work has been published. The reasons for this neglect are manifold, and include a basic indifference on the part of most academics to the role played by women in Irish history, which has resulted in the general exclusion of women from historical discourse. The lack of c…
Women and charitable organisations in nineteenth century Ireland
The Feminist History Forum Dublin
MARIA LUDDY, DYMPNA MCLOUGHLIN; THE FEMINIST HISTORY FORUM Dublin, History Workshop Journal, Volume 30, Issue 1, 1 October 1990, Pages 228–229, https://doi
An agenda for women’s history in Ireland, 1500–1900
What is exciting about looking at women’s history in nineteenth-century Ireland is the great wealth of material which is available for study and research. Yet very little relevant work has been published. The reasons for this neglect are manifold, and include a basic indifference on the part of most academics to the role played by women in Irish history, which has resulted in the general exclusion of women from historical discourse. The lack of c…
An outcast community
This article examines the lifestyle of a particular group of women who operated as prostitutes and were known as the ‘Wrens of the Curragh’. It also briefly examines the extent of prostitution in nineteenth-century Ireland and the particular Catholic ethos of those Magdalen asylums operated byfemale religious. The Irish discourse on prostitution was very much formed by the rescue work of female religious and prostitutes were judged in spiritualan…
Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
This book examines the role of women in philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland. The author focuses initially on the impact of religion on the lives of women and argues that the development of convents in the nineteenth century inhibited the involvement of lay Catholic women in charity work. She goes on to claim that sectarianism dominated women's philanthropic activity, and also analyses the work of women in areas of moral concern, such as pr…
Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland
Religion played a major role in directing the philanthropy of Irish women in the nineteenth century. The most extensive systems of welfare were provided by Catholic female religious communities, but substantial and extensive charity was also provided by Protestant denominations. There was much rivalry between Catholic and Protestant charity workers, particularly in work relating to orphaned and destitute children. While the denominational basis o…
Writing the History of Irish Women
Joanna Bourke, Husbandry to Housewifery: Women, Economic Change, and Housework in Ireland 1890‐1914 Margaret Ward (ed.) In Their Own Voice: Women and Irish Nationalism Mary O'Dowd and Sabine Wichert (eds) Chattel, Servant or Citizen: Women's Status in Church, State and Society Joan Hoff and Moureen Coulter (eds) Irish Women's Voices Past and Present
Abandoned Women and Bad Characters
This article examines the extent of prostitution in nineteenth-century Ireland. It centres on the problem of prostitution as one of visibility and the prostitute as a site of possible contagion, both physical and moral. The legal powers given to the police to control prostitution were used when prostitution became a particular problem and the focus of public and clerical condemnation. However, for the public prostitution was most acceptable when …
Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
News from the archives
(2001). News from the archives: The women's history project—Ireland. Women's Studies: Vol. 30, Women and Ireland: A Historical Perspective, pp. 837-841
Moral rescue and unmarried mothers in Ireland in the 1920s
2001). Moral rescue and unmarried mothers in Ireland in the 1920s. Women's Studies: Vol. 30, Women and Ireland: A Historical Perspective, pp. 797-817
The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volume V
The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volume IV
The field day anthology of Irish writing
A ‘Sinister and Retrogressive’ Proposal
This article explores the campaign waged by Irish women against the draft constitution of 1937. A number of articles within the constitution were deemed by women activists to threaten both their rights as citizens and as workers. A campaign, organised principally by the Women Graduates' Association, the Joint Committee of Women's Societies and Social Workers, together with the Irish Women Workers' Union, sought to amend or delete the offending ar…
Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland
"This book examines Irish society and politics from a class perspective. It provides a wide-ranging introduction to the involvement of the changing middle class in Irish political life and the public sphere between the eighteenth and late twentieth centuries. Sixteen historians trace the rise and consolidation of middle-class political power, as well as significant conflicts within this class during a period of considerable social and political t…
History and politics
The making of the Irish poor law, 1815–43 – By Peter Gray
Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History, 1750–1970
Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this
Unmarried Mothers in Ireland, 1880-1973
This article explores the changing experiences and representation of Ireland's unmarried mothers from 1880 to 1973. It focuses on the stigma of illegitimacy in political and cultural discourse and the representation of unmarried mothers as immoral and their children as a drain on resources. These remained constant themes within the discourse of unmarried motherhood in Ireland throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The article uses the…
Mother and Child
LINDSAY EARNER‐BYRNE Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007 Pp. x + 245. £50.00. ISBN 9780719074745 Throughout the period covered by Earner‐Byrne’s book Ireland had the highest rate in weste
Gender and Irish History
Abductions in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Abductions in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Maria Luddy On the night of March 4, 1822, in the townland of Aughrim, near Licarrol in County Cork, twelve well-armed men entered the house of Richard Goold, the son of a prosperous farmer. The abductors were searching for his sister, the eldest daughter of the family. In one of the bedrooms they found sixteen-year-old Honora Goold and asked her if she were the eldest daughter; she said she was not, but t…
The End of the Irish Poor Law? Welfare and Healthcare Reform in Revolutionary and Independent Ireland, by Donnacha Sean Lucey
The decade of commemorations marking the Irish Revolutionary period is now well under way. The revolutionary period, which was crucial in the development of the fledgling Irish state, has been extensively researched in recent years but this research has focused almost exclusively on political developments. Little attention has been devoted to social issues or to the way in which the social informed the political. By exploring attitudes to, and th…
Women’s Voices in Ireland
This book by Caitriona Clear is the first detailed study of the contribution made by readers to two Irish women’s magazines, Woman’s Life in the 1950s and Woman’s Way in the 1960s. It is not, as its author notes, a comprehensive history of Irish women’s magazines in those decades, but the work offers an insightful and engaging analysis of women’s involvement with these magazines in a period, particularly the 1960s, of substantial social and econo…
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