The Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood and the Provision of Healthcare in Provincial Ireland, 1942–1970
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian Casey (0000-0001-9705-6091, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 397-417 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x24000554 |
| OpenAlex | W4404981600 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) arrived in Ireland in 1942, to establish and run Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, county Galway. This was not without its challenges and this article explores many of those challenges in the context of the construction and management of the hospital between 1942 and 1970. FMDM sisters were women in a patriarchal church and needed to also negotiate their place within the similar frameworks of the medical profession, civil service, and government, while being subject to gossip as to the work they were doing. The article is a revealing case-study of some of the global changes in medicine that had been taking place since the 1920s. It is also an example of how modern methods of healthcare were having an impact on the Irish healthcare system, with medically trained Catholic religious sisters at the forefront. The story of women religious in twentieth-century global Catholicism is a relatively unattended one. This case-study allows historians of religion to better understand the internationality of Catholic religious congregations, examining concepts of unity and disharmony, and the various efforts they made to confront but also comply with the patriarchal structures in which they found themselves
Context (archaeology · Gossip · Government (linguistics · Health care · Healthcare system · Irish · Library science · Negotiation · Political science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Work (physics · Engineering · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Scottish History and National Identity
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The End of the Irish Poor Law? Welfare and healthcare reform in revolutionary and independent Ireland
Catholic Power and the Irish City
Developing an agenda for the history of women religious in Ireland
Irish women and the creation of modern Catholicism, 1850–1950
Vernacular Discourses Of Gender Equality In The Post-War British Working Class
Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland
International and Modern Ideals in Irish Female Medical Missionary Activity, 1937-1962
| Highly cited | No |
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