Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables and figures v
4. Acknowledgements vi
5. List of abbreviations vii
6. Introduction 1
7. Fleeing Ireland: social exclusion and the flight of Irish ‘unmarried mothers’ to England in the 1950s and 1960s 21
8. Responses in Britain to the PFIs: the repatriation of ‘unmarried mothers’ to Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s 39
9. The ‘daring experiment’: London County Council and the discharge from care of children to Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s 55
10. ‘Race’, ethnicity and Irish ‘invisibility’ 73
11. Social services departments and Irish children and families in the early 21st century 89
12. ‘Maximising things for your community’: the views of social workers 109
13. Conclusion 131
14. References 145
15. Information derived from the Department of Health ‘Children in Need’ (CIN) survey, September-October 2001 169
16. Statistical responses to the questionnaire mailed to social services departments in England and Wales 171
17. Index 175