Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Concepts of Children and Childhood from an Educational Perspective 1900–1940: Context, Curriculum and Experiences

Chapter 3 The Church of Ireland’s Response to Changes in the National School Curriculum in Post-independence Ireland 1922–1940

Chapter 4 A Treasure-House for the Young: Free Public Libraries and the Irish Child

Chapter 5 Drama for Children in the Irish Free State: Sinéad De Valera’s Plays for Schoolchildren

Chapter 6 Jimín Mháire Thaidhg and Constructions of Childhood in Irish-Language Children’s Literature in the Independence Period, 1910–1940

Chapter 7 ‘For Children or Nuns’: Language and Ideology in Irish-Language Translations and Retellings for Children, 1922–1940

Chapter 8 This Is No Country for Young Girls? Irish Girlhood in the Revolutionary Period

Chapter 9 ‘Stories of Ancient Days’: Mythological Constructs of Childhood in Independence Ireland

Chapter 10 Toys, Material Culture and Play Space in Ireland: The Iveagh Trust Play Centre

Chapter 11 ‘Set Up Before the People’: Images and Ideals of Boys’ Clothing in Ireland, c.1910–1940

Chapter 12 The Boy Scouts in Ireland: Urbanisation, Health, Education, and Adolescence, 1908–1914

Chapter 13 ‘A Youth Tainted with the Deadly Poison of Anglicism’? Sport and Childhood in the Irish Independence Period