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Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class

Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902

By: Ciara Breathnach

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Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class

Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902

By: Ciara Breathnach

Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class focuses on the evolution of the Dublin City Coroner's Court and on Dr Louis A. Bryne's first two years in office. Wrapping itself around the 1901 census, the study uses gender, power, and blame as analytical frameworks to examine what inquests can tell us about the impact of urban living from lifecycle and class perspectives. Coroners' inquests are a combination of eyewitness testimony, expert medico-legal language, detailed minutiae of people, places, and occupational identities pinned to a moment in time. Thus they have a simultaneous capacity to reveal histories from both above and below. Rich in geographical, socio-economic, cultural, class, and medical detail, these records collated in a liminal setting about the hour of death bear incredible witness to what has often been termed 'ordinary lives'. The subjects of Dr Byrne's court were among the poorest in Ireland and, apart from common medical causes problems linked to lower socio-economic groups, this volume covers preventable cases of workplace accidents, neglect, domestic abuse, and homicide.

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289

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

019263528X

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9780192635280

Ciara's Diary

1999-2002: Sense and Shiftability

By: Ciara King

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Ciara's Diary

1999-2002: Sense and Shiftability

By: Ciara King

The year is 1999. Connemara is braced for the new millennium. 'No Scrubs' rules the airwaves, bootleg DVDs of Cruel Intentions are thrilling crowds of sexually progressive teens, and if you're not matching combat trousers with platforms, you are nobody. In the midst of this perplexing world, a girl named Ciara, inspired by her heroes Anne Frank and Aung San Suu Kyi, begins to document her not dissimilar struggles – against pushy parents, mysterious boys and the stubborn non-appearance of boobs. The road ahead will be tough, but she must persevere: How else will she find fame, fortune and love in the spandex-clad arms of Dean Cain? Based on the cult radio segment of the same name, Ciara's Diary is a fresh and funny trip through the warped mind of a turn-of-the-century teenager. The spiritual successor to Adrian Mole, albeit with more shifting, Ciara's Diary is a must-read for anyone who remembers dancing to 'Maniac 2000' at the parish disco.

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253

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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0717178900

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9780717178902

Saving the State

Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar

By: Stephen Collins,Ciara Meehan

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Saving the State

Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar

By: Stephen Collins,Ciara Meehan

When Fine Gael entered a coalition government with Fianna Fáil in 2020 the party did what would have been unthinkable for its forefathers, who had fought and won a bitter civil war to establish the institutions of an independent Irish state almost a century earlier. Saving the State is the remarkable story of Fine Gael from its origins in the fraught days of civil war to the political convulsions of 2020. Written by political journalist Stephen Collins and historian Ciara Meehan, Saving the State draws on a wealth of original historical research and a range of interviews with key political figures to chart the evolution of the party through the lens of its successive leaders. From the special place occupied by Michael Collins in the party's pantheon of heroes to the dark era of the Blueshirts, and from its role as the founder of the state to its claim to be the defender of the state, the ways that members perceive their own history is also explored. Saving the State is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how Fine Gael came to be the party it is today, the ways in which it interprets and presents its own history, and the role that it played in shaping modern Ireland.

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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0717189740

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9780717189748

Corporatocracy

How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians

By: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

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Corporatocracy

How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians

By: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Corporatocracy looks at the January 6th, 2021 insurrection through the lens of money in politics. It discusses past and present campaign finance scandals that illustrate the risk of corporate political spending and dark money. It encourages average Americans to use their vote and their pocketbooks to incentivize pro-democracy behavior by politicians and corporations"--

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328

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NYU Press

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1479828327

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9781479828326

A woman's place?

Challenging values in 1960s Irish women's magazines

By: Ciara Meehan

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A woman's place?

Challenging values in 1960s Irish women's magazines

By: Ciara Meehan

This book explores representations of the domestic in Irish women’s magazines. Published in 1960s Ireland, during a period of transformation, they served as modern manuals for navigating everyday life. Traditional themes – dating, marriage, and motherhood – dominated. But editors also introduced conflicting voices to complicate the narrative. Readers were prompted to reimagine their home life, and traditional values were carefully subverted. The domestic was shown to be a negotiable concept in the coverage of such issues as the body and reproductive rights, working wives and equal pay. Dominant societal perceptions of women were also challenged through the inclusion of those who were on the margins – widows, unmarried mothers, and never-married women. This book considers the motivations of editors, the role of readers, and the influence of advertisers in shaping complex debates about women in society in 1960s Ireland.

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190

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Manchester University Press

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1526163330

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9781526163332

Book's by Ciara Ennis

Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class

Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class

Ciara's Diary

Ciara's Diary

Saving the State

Saving the State

Corporatocracy

Corporatocracy

A woman's place?

A woman's place?

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