SOCIAL HISTORY

[Christopher]

Funerals in Ireland - www.irishlinks.co.uk/funerals-burial-ireland.htm

The Mosney Road by Karen Downey describes an area of Co. Meath where a Butlin's Holiday Camp was opened in 1948. Butlin's of Mosney had accommodation for 2,800 campers and another 4,000 day visiters. The heirarchy of the Catholic Church almost
had a fit at the very idea of a Holiday Camp in Ireland but the Irish being Irish ignored
the concerns of their priests and enjoyed their holidays at Mosney. Today that camp is now a Refugee Camp for up to 500 Nigerian, Romanian and Czech asylum seekers.

[Christopher]

An article written by Marjorie Harshaw Robie on 1st June 2000 about the Harshaw Diaries. www.theballards.net/Harshaw/Diaries/DiaryIntro.html

Marjorie Robie donated the Harshaw Papers to the Public Records Office, Belfast, in 1996. http://tinyurl.com/6ak3an

[Christopher]

The Economic and Social History Society of Ireland was formed in 1970 to promote the study of economic and social history in Ireland. http://eh.net/eshsi/index.html

"No Irish Need Apply": A Myth of Victimization by Richard Jensen, retired Professor of History, University of Illinois, Chicago was published in the "Journal of Social History"
36.2 (2002) 405-429 http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm

I've added Gadget's thread on Social History Sources - General UK as some of the items may relate to Ireland.