Overview
- Draws upon a combination of censal material, royal inquiries and poor law commissioner reports to trace the position of the aged in Ireland across the nineteenth century.
- Examines the impact that a changing demography in Ireland, following the Famine,had on household and family structure.
- Assesses the impact of the introduction of the old age pension in 1908 on an ageing population in Ireland.
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Book Title: Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Book Subtitle: Ageing under the Union
Authors: Chris Gilleard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58541-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58540-0Published: 29 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58541-7Published: 16 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 114
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Cultural History, British and Irish Literature, Demography