Description: This volume examines a range of charitable endeavours in Ireland, and explores the initiatives in the context of changing social and political expectations. CONTENTS: Maria Luddy (U Warwick), Philanthropy and the care of children in Ireland, 1850-1922; John Wilson Foster (QUB), Doing good and being bad in Victorian Ireland; Laurence M. Geary (UCC), The Society for Promoting the Comforts of the Poor, 1799-1809; Oonagh Walsh (UCC), The uses of philanthropy in 19th-century Ireland; Philip Evansonya (TCD), Cultural philanthropy in the mid-19th century; Linda King (IADT), Industry, philanthropy and architectural innovation; Liz Rushen & Perry McIntyre, Philanthropic women migrants to Australia; Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG), The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Ireland, 1889-1900; Kevin Mc Kenna (NUIM), Charity, paternalism and power on the estates of Lord Clonbrock, 1834-44; Mary Pierse (UCC), The resourcefulness of campaigning women philanthropists; Conor McNamara
