Deirdre Foley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre Foley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre |
| FAMILY NAME | Foley |
| SIGNATURE | FOLEY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7305-1392 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Marriage bars and motherhood
In Ireland, the rationale for, and long duration of, the marriage bar in employment stemmed from the widely held belief that women, once married, belonged in the home. The marriage bar, legislated for in the public sector but simultaneously practised in the private sector, affected thousands of women in Ireland. Drawing on twenty-one oral history interviews and supplemental narratives by email, this article demonstrates the deeply flawed assumpti…
The Marriage Bar in Irish Life
The marriage bar was a widespread rule requiring women to give up their jobs upon marriage. It is generally familiar to many as a peculiarity of Ireland’s past. However, the precise details and history of its operation are frequently misunderstood and incorrectly attributed. The bar applied culturally to most aspects of employment for many years and was not exclusive to the civil service, which was governed by legislation reinforcing the bar. Aft…
The Lynn Clinic – Equitable paediatrics in action
Background: The Paediatric Inclusion Health (PIH) service in CHI Temple Street aims to directly address social determinants of health such as poverty, homelessness, and forced migration in clinical practice. Approach: Children’s Health Ireland and other hospitals have seen a rise in children presenting from these groups of children experiencing social exclusion due to the current national and global socio-economic situation (cost of living, housi…
Health Outcomes of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors - A National Review
Background: An unaccompanied minor (UAM) as a child or adolescent under the age of 18, who is separated from both parents and other relatives and is not being cared for by any other adult. ‘Hidden populations’ (undocumented or in transit), in particular the sub-populations of females, LGBTQ+, and disabled people are at particular risk. The number of migrant children globally has increased by nearly 40% in the past 20 years. Data collection on thi…
The Irish family, marital breakdown and the Josie Airey case, c . 1974-1981
Centring the role of women, particularly Josie Airey, this article outlines the activism and legal process that led to improvements in family law and the provision of civil legal aid for the first time by the Republic of Ireland.In tandem with the gradual liberalisation of Irish family law, the question of the provision of civil legal aid was set alight by the legal proceedings brought against the state by Josie Airey, which went all the way to t…
Irish Social History
Their proper place
Until 1973, women in the Irish civil service were legally required to retire from employment after marriage. Certain lower grades were female only, and pay grades were demarked by both marital status and gender. The marriage bar was also observed informally in teaching and in the private sector. For women who remained single, it was difficult and unusual to achieve promotion in most fields. This article explores the complex history of the civil s…
Getting in, and out, of marriage in modern Ireland
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2019
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2018
Too Many Children?' Family Planning and Humanae Vitae in Dublin, 1960-72
In July 1968, the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae reaffirmed the ban on artificial contraception for Catholics. Utilising Dublin as a case study, this article explores how the Irish medical and social work community, their patients and the Catholic hierarchy responded to Humanae Vitae. Drawing on a range of medical and diocesan sources, as well as diverse material from the news media, this article illuminates the change in private behaviour that t…
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2017
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2016
Their proper place
Until 1973, women in the Irish civil service were legally required to retire from employment after marriage. Certain lower grades were female only, and pay grades were demarked by both marital status and gender. The marriage bar was also observed informally in teaching and in the private sector. For women who remained single, it was difficult and unusual to achieve promotion in most fields. This article explores the complex history of the civil s…
Too Many Children?' Family Planning and Humanae Vitae in Dublin, 1960-72
In July 1968, the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae reaffirmed the ban on artificial contraception for Catholics. Utilising Dublin as a case study, this article explores how the Irish medical and social work community, their patients and the Catholic hierarchy responded to Humanae Vitae. Drawing on a range of medical and diocesan sources, as well as diverse material from the news media, this article illuminates the change in private behaviour that t…
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2016
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2017
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2018
Too Many Children?' Family Planning and Humanae Vitae in Dublin, 1960-72
In July 1968, the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae reaffirmed the ban on artificial contraception for Catholics. Utilising Dublin as a case study, this article explores how the Irish medical and social work community, their patients and the Catholic hierarchy responded to Humanae Vitae. Drawing on a range of medical and diocesan sources, as well as diverse material from the news media, this article illuminates the change in private behaviour that t…
Selected list of writings on Irish Economic and Social History published in 2019
Getting in, and out, of marriage in modern Ireland
Their proper place
Until 1973, women in the Irish civil service were legally required to retire from employment after marriage. Certain lower grades were female only, and pay grades were demarked by both marital status and gender. The marriage bar was also observed informally in teaching and in the private sector. For women who remained single, it was difficult and unusual to achieve promotion in most fields. This article explores the complex history of the civil s…
The Irish family, marital breakdown and the Josie Airey case, c . 1974-1981
Centring the role of women, particularly Josie Airey, this article outlines the activism and legal process that led to improvements in family law and the provision of civil legal aid for the first time by the Republic of Ireland.In tandem with the gradual liberalisation of Irish family law, the question of the provision of civil legal aid was set alight by the legal proceedings brought against the state by Josie Airey, which went all the way to t…
Irish Social History
Marriage bars and motherhood
In Ireland, the rationale for, and long duration of, the marriage bar in employment stemmed from the widely held belief that women, once married, belonged in the home. The marriage bar, legislated for in the public sector but simultaneously practised in the private sector, affected thousands of women in Ireland. Drawing on twenty-one oral history interviews and supplemental narratives by email, this article demonstrates the deeply flawed assumpti…
The Marriage Bar in Irish Life
The marriage bar was a widespread rule requiring women to give up their jobs upon marriage. It is generally familiar to many as a peculiarity of Ireland’s past. However, the precise details and history of its operation are frequently misunderstood and incorrectly attributed. The bar applied culturally to most aspects of employment for many years and was not exclusive to the civil service, which was governed by legislation reinforcing the bar. Aft…
The Lynn Clinic – Equitable paediatrics in action
Background: The Paediatric Inclusion Health (PIH) service in CHI Temple Street aims to directly address social determinants of health such as poverty, homelessness, and forced migration in clinical practice. Approach: Children’s Health Ireland and other hospitals have seen a rise in children presenting from these groups of children experiencing social exclusion due to the current national and global socio-economic situation (cost of living, housi…
Health Outcomes of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors - A National Review
Background: An unaccompanied minor (UAM) as a child or adolescent under the age of 18, who is separated from both parents and other relatives and is not being cared for by any other adult. ‘Hidden populations’ (undocumented or in transit), in particular the sub-populations of females, LGBTQ+, and disabled people are at particular risk. The number of migrant children globally has increased by nearly 40% in the past 20 years. Data collection on thi…
Irish and British Studies (11 works) · Irish (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · History (6 works) · History (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Economic history (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works)