Childhood and the Irish

In eighty short essays, historians, folklorists, archaeologists, theologians, anthropologists, poets, novelists, artists, literature scholars, and educationalists cast light on the lived experience of children in Ireland over the past 1,500 years. Ranging from the scholarly to the deeply personal, with vignettes from nearly every county in Ireland, this anthology will delight anyone interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of childhood in Ireland from the earliest times to the present day.