Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland

Eilís O’Sullivan lectures and supervises research on the history of education in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- PART I. Contexts, Capacities and Conditions.- Chapter 2. Ireland’s Ascendancy at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century.- Chapter 3. Ireland’s Poor at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century.- Chapter 4. Education for Ireland’s Poor at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century: Provision and Inquiry.- Chapter 5. Education for Poor Irish Girls at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century.- Chapter 6. Provision for the Education of Poor Girls in France and Scotland during the Long Eighteenth Century: Comparative Research.- Chapter 7. Women Writers and Educators during the Long Eighteenth Century.- PART II. Irish Ascendancy Women and Provision of Education.- Chapter 8. Case Study 1: Caroline, Countess of Kingston.- Chapter 9. Case Study 2: Eleanor, Lady Godfrey.- Chapter 10. Case Study 3: Emily, Countess of Glengall.- Chapter 11. Case Study 4: Charlotte, Lady O’Brien.- Chapter 12. Case Study 5: Susanna, Marchioness of Waterford.- Chapter 13. Case Study 6: Caroline, Countess of Dunraven.- Chapter 14. Conclusion.