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Author O'Neill, Ciaran (Lecturer in history), author.

Title Catholics of consequence : transnational education, social mobility, and the Irish Catholic elite 1850-1900 / Ciaran O'Neill
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Contents ""Cover""; ""Catholics of Consequence""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures, Tables, and Maps""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""PART I""; ""2 An �English Education�""; ""PART II""; ""3 �Surely Ireland Is not Ceylon or Burma?� Irish Boys at English Catholic Public Schools 1850�1900""; ""4 Occupation, Career, and Afterlife""; ""PART III""; ""5 Fionnuala in France""; ""6 The Fatted Geese? Irish Boys at Continental Colleges 1850�1900""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix Methodology and Sources Used to Compile Biographical Data""
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 8, 2014)
Subject Upper class -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Upper class -- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Catholics -- Ireland -- Intellectual life
Catholics -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Catholics
Catholics -- Intellectual life
Social conditions
Upper class
Upper class -- Social life and customs
SUBJECT Ireland -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007741
Subject Ireland
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191778759
0191778753
9780191017469
0191017469