Title: Catholics of consequence :
Authors: O'Neill, Ciaran
Date: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: x, 248 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: Based on comprehensive and new archival research at over a dozen schools across Ireland, Britain, and France, 'Catholics of Consequence' traces the lives and education of over two thousand Irish children in the nineteenth century, examining how this affected Irish life, and the history of education.
Contents: Introduction -- An 'English education' : Irish Catholic schools for boys 1850-1900 -- 'Surely Ireland is not Ceylon or Burma?' : Irish boys at English Catholic public schools 1850-1900 -- Occupation, career, and afterlife : the measurable effect of an elite education -- Fionnuala in France : convent education and the Irish Catholic elite 1850-1900 -- The fatted geese? Irish boys at Continental colleges 1850-1900.
Subject headings (LCSH): Catholic Church--Education--Ireland--History--19th century.; Catholic schools--19th century.; Catholics--Ireland--History--19th century.; Catholics--Ireland--Intellectual life.; Catholics--Ireland.; Ireland--Social conditions--19th century.; Irish--Foreign countries.; Upper class--Ireland--History--19th century.; Upper class--Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century.