Nic Dhaibheid, C. (2016) ‘Schooling the National Orphans’: the Education of the Children of the Easter Rising Leaders. Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 9 (2). pp. 261-276. ISSN 1939-6724
Abstract
This essay explores the educational history of the children of the 1916 Easter Rising leadership in Ireland. These children of the martyred revolutionary elite were the prototypical new citizens; as such, they merited an education worthy of the sons and daughters of the Rising leaders, the founding fathers of the new state. An examination of their schooling both before and after the Rising illuminates the very broad range of educational experiences evident in Ireland in the early twentieth century, from elite secondary schools to the truncated education of the working classes, along with the question of female education, the prevalence of religious orders, and the embedding of republican ideals into education. It also reveals the highly variegated class profile of the Rising leadership, which continued to shape the lives of their children thereafter and which was only partly alleviated by official welfare provision.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Johns Hopkins University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2016 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2016 04:16 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hcy.2016.0027 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/hcy.2016.0027 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101223 |