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Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Ageing under the Union

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Authors:
  1. Chris Gilleard

    1. University College London , London, United Kingdom

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  • 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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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Ireland at the Time of the Union

    • Chris Gilleard
    Pages 1-15

  3. Ireland’s Changing Demography

    • Chris Gilleard
    Pages 17-31

  4. Change in Family and Household Structure

    • Chris Gilleard
    Pages 33-47

  5. Poverty and Old Age

    • Chris Gilleard
    Pages 49-76

  6. Growing Older, Growing Sicker?

    • Chris Gilleard
    Pages 77-95

  7. Conclusions

    • Chris Gilleard
    Pages 97-100

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 101-114
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About this book

Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland’s population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908.  It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure.  It explores the growing problem of late life poverty and the residualisation of the aged sick and poor in the workhouse.  Despite slow improvements in many areas of life for the young and the working classes, the book argues that for the aged the union was a period of growing immiseration, brought surprisingly to an end by the unheralded introduction of the old age pension. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University College London , London, United Kingdom

    Chris Gilleard

About the author

Chris Gilleard is a visiting research fellow in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London, UK, and senior visiting research fellow at the University of Bath, UK.  Author and co-author with Paul Higgs of a number of books addressing ageing and old age -including Cultures of Ageing (2000); Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment (2013) and  Rethinking Old Age (2015)- his interests in later life span a wide range of disciplines from bio medicine to the humanities.  



Bibliographic Information

  • 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

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