Sixties Ireland: Reshaping the Economy, State and Society, 1957-1973

Mary E. Daly (University College Dublin)

Sixties Ireland: Reshaping the Economy, State and Society, 1957-1973
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
17 March 2016
Pages
442
ISBN
9781316509319

Sixties Ireland: Reshaping the Economy, State and Society, 1957-1973

Mary E. Daly (University College Dublin)

This provocative new history of Ireland during the long 1960s exposes the myths of Ireland’s modernisation. Mary E. Daly questions traditional interpretations which see these years as a time of prosperity when Irish society - led by a handful of key modernisers - abandoned many of its traditional values in its search for economic growth. Setting developments in Ireland in a wider European context, Daly shows instead that claims for the economic transformation of Ireland are hugely questionable: Ireland remained one of the poorest countries in western Europe until the end of the twentieth century. Contentious debates in later years over contraception, divorce, and national identity demonstrated continuities with the past that long survived the 1960s. Spanning the period from Ireland’s economic rebirth in the 1950s to its entry into the EEC in 1973, this is a comprehensive reinterpretation of a critical period in Irish history with clear parallels for Ireland today.

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