Dermot Keogh

Carmel Quinlan

Finbarr O'Shea

This book brings to light the social, cultural, political and economic complexities and contradictions of Ireland in the 1950s. There is a strong emphasis on the development of economic thinking and cultural life in Ireland during the 1950s. There are contributions on the role of women in society, the question of abortion and attitudes towards adoption The academic panel, which includes John Banville, Andrew McCarthy, John Bradley and Gerry O'Hanlon, has contributed essays based on original research.

Ireland in the 1950s

The Lost Decade

It looks at the campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts in the 1870s, a campaign regarded as disgraceful because 'ladies' discussed prostitution and venereal disease, subjects they should have known nothing about.".

Carmel Quinlan

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