This book compares the formal education of the majority of girls in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth century. Previous books about ‘Britain’ invariably

After 1830 Catholicism in Britain and Ireland was practised and experienced within an increasingly secure Church that was able to build a national presence and

For as far back as school registers can take us, the most prestigious education available to any Irish child was to be found outside Ireland. Catholics of Conse

This book outlines the lives of six female members of the Irish Ascendancy, and describes their involvement with educational provision for poor children in Irel

This book takes a novel approach to the topic, combining biographical approaches and local history, a synthesis of sociological and historical literature, with