Irish Divorce: A History

[...]divorced women were subject to greater moral and social censure, and recognition of their legal status was sporadic and slow. [...]the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on divorce is a consistent theme. [...]as in the Republic, there were concerns that broaching the subject of divorce woul...

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Published in:Estudios irlandeses 2022-01 (17), p.214-216
Main Author: Costello-Sullivan, Kate
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Archives & records
Debates
Divorce
Gender
Ideology
National identity
Politics
Religion
Women
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Summary:[...]divorced women were subject to greater moral and social censure, and recognition of their legal status was sporadic and slow. [...]the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on divorce is a consistent theme. [...]as in the Republic, there were concerns that broaching the subject of divorce would "'stir up a sectarian controversy,'" reflecting the fraught interreligious tensions impacting both the Republic and Northern Ireland (Moorehead qtd in Urquhart 147). [...]Urquhart highlights the role of the creation of the Free State and Northern Ireland in 1921 and 1922 in laying the groundwork for the Republic's legislative lack of divorce for the next eighty years: "parliamentary divorce ceased at Westminster.
ISSN:1699-311X