Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Origins and Legacies of Irish Prudery

Sexuality and Social Control in Modern Ireland

Bibliographic Data

ID8089971
AuthorsTom Inglis (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume40
Issue3
Pages9-37
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueÉire-Ireland (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-2683 • E-ISSN: 1550-5162
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/eir.2005.0022
OpenAlexW2091409611
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited12

The history of Irish sexuality remains a relatively hidden, secretive area. In recent years some light has been cast into the abyss (Inglis 1998b; McAvoy 1999; McLoughlin 1994; Meany 1991; Walshe 1997; O’Carroll and Collins 1995). Most of the recent grand histories, however, have avoided dealing with sex and sexuality directly and have focused instead on such issues as censorship, the multi-faceted role of the Catholic church, fertility control, and, more recently, the sex-abuse scandals involving the Catholic church.1 It is as if the old Catholic-church strategy of not referring directly to sex and sexuality—for fear that it might offend or undermine the innocent—still guides what historians research and write about

Censorship · Human sexuality · Irish · Political science · Sociology · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Irish and British Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Gender Studies · Law

  • Transforming Justice Responses to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses

    Open Access•Anne-Marie McAlinden, Marie Keenan et al.•Transforming Justice Responses to…•2025

  • “An Ireland of Brave, Manly Boys, an Ireland of Pure, Modest Girls 1 ”

    Open Access•Judith Harford, Tom O’donoghue•History of Education•2026

  • “It happened to all of us”

    Open Access•Lluïsa Schlesier Corrales•Estudios Irlandeses•2021

  • Honesty

    Open Access•Anthony Keating•Estudios Irlandeses•2017

  • The Continuum of Irish Female Sexuality in Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends and Normal People

    Open Access•Sofía Alférez Mendía•Estudios Irlandeses•2023

  • Power, Gender and the Nation

    Open Access•María Amor Barros-Del Río•Estudios Irlandeses•2016

  • Exploring the construction of the Irish Mammy in ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’

    Bróna Murphy, María Palma-Fahey•Pragmatics and Society•2018

  • A Foucauldian Reading of Mothers' Views on the Paternalism/Autonomy Debate in Relation to the Sexual Practices of Their Intellectually Disabled Adult Sons and Daughters

    Open Access•Simon Foley, Simon N Foley•Irish Journal of Sociology•2014

  • Irish Secularization and Religious Identities

    Open Access•Karen Andersen•Social Compass•2010

  • ‘Our Darkest Hour’

    Open Access•Christophe Delay, Cara Delay et al.•Feminist Encounters A Journal of…•2022

  • Changing landscapes

    Open Access•Aidan Mckearney•Sexualities•2022

  • Commercial sex, clients, and Christian morals

    Open Access•Huschke, Dirk Schubotz•Sexualities•2016

  • Theory/praxis confusion within Irish Liberalism

    Open Access•Simon Foley, Simon N Foley•Sexualities•2017

  • Weighing Up Celibacy

    Open Access•Julyan Oldham•Humanities•2026

  • Debating pornography and the notion of harm in public discourse

    Open Access•Despina Chronaki, L Tsaliki et al.•New Media & Society•2025

  • Gendering postcolonial penality

    Open Access•L Black•Theoretical Criminology•2024

  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Sex

    Michael G Cronin•boundary 2•2018

  • Disclosure of STI testing activities by young adults

    Open Access•Myles Balfe, Ruairi Brugha et al.•Sociology of Health & Illness•2010

  • Transhumanist Contraceptives in June Caldwell’s “The Implant”

    Vanesa Roldán Romero•Journal of Posthuman Studies•2020

  • To Thee Do We Send Up Our Sighs”

    Eve Campbell•Journal of Contemporary Archaeology•2020

  • Exploring feminist egalitarian discourse and sex work for the social work curriculum

    Leigh-Ann Sweeney, Suzanne Flynn•Critical and Radical Social Work•2024

  • Katy French

    Open Access•Anne Sexton•Television & New Media•2012

  • Vectors of transnationality in the adoption of a liberal public health response to HIV and Aids in Ireland

    Open Access•Anne Nolan, Fiona Larkan•Global Social Policy•2015

  • Outside the field, inside the home

    Christy Craig, Emily Oertling et al.•Qualitative Research Journal•2024

  • Changing Marriage? Messing with Mr. In-Between

    Open Access•Sean Nicholas George Reynolds, Sean Reynolds•Sociological Research Online•2007

  • Stories We Tell Ourselves

    Open Access•Susan Liddy•Sexuality & Culture•2015

  • Exploring Gendered Sexuality Through American and Irish Women’s Book Clubs

    Open Access•Christy Craig•Sexuality & Culture•2015

  • Queering family history and the lives of Irish men before gay liberation

    Open Access•Tom Hulme•The History of the Family•2024

  • The Habits of History

    Open Access•Dorothy Morrissey•Qualitative Report•2018

  • Republican women and Catholic Church responses to the strip searching of female prisoners in Northern Ireland, 1982–92

    Open Access•Niall Gilmartin, Margaret M Scull•Women s History Review•2021

  • Understanding the Structural Oppression of Sex Workers

    Open Access•Leigh-Ann Sweeney, Suzanne Flynn•Affilia•2025

  • The Citadel of Their Celibacy’

    Open Access•Fae McNamara•Humanities•2026

  • States of denial

    Open Access•Louise Brangan•Punishment & Society•2024

  • The double bind

    Open Access•Tom Inglis, Carol Mackeogh•Media Culture & Society•2012

  • Transcending Boundaries

    Vanesa Roldán Romero•English Studies•2025

  • What Concerns do Young Adults in Ireland Have about Attending Health Services for STD Testing

    Myles Balfe, Ruairi Brugha et al.•Deviant Behavior•2011

  • Irish English and national identity in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum

    Liz Strange•International Journal of the…•2023

  • Colonial Oppression, Gender, and Women in the Irish Diaspora

    Open Access•Polly F Radosh, Polly Radosh•Journal of Historical Sociology•2009

  • What's Love Got To Do With It? Emotional Authority and State Regulation of Interracial/national Couples in Ireland

    Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’riain, Rebecca Chiyoko King‐o’riain•Journal of Intercultural Studies•2018

  • The Transformation of Ireland

    Diarmid Ferriter•The Transformation of Ireland•2007

  • Closed Wounds of the Chest, and the Physician's Place in a Chest Team.--I

    Open Access•Gerardine Meaney, J A Nixon•BMJ•1941

  • Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics

    Nancy Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy Scheper-Hughes•Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenic…•2010

  • Ireland, 1912–1985

    Open Access•Joseph Lee, Joseph J Lee•Ireland, 1912-1985•1990

  • Foucault, Bourdieu and the Field of Irish Sexuality

    Open Access•Tom Inglis•Irish Journal of Sociology•1997

  • Power, Gender, and Identity in the Irish Free State

    Maryann Gialanella Valiulis•Journal of women's history•1995

  • Culture in Action

    Ann Swidler•American Sociological Review•1986

  • Inis Beag, Isle of Ireland

    Elliott H Leyton, John C Messenger•Man•1970

  • Balancing Sex and Love since the 1960s Sexual Revolution

    Open Access•C Wouters•Theory Culture & Society•1998

  • Formalization and Informalization

    Open Access•C Wouters•Theory Culture & Society•1986

Unique citing works39
Citations per year2,05
Citation span2007 - 2026 (20)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 39

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae