Gender and Modernisation in the Irish Republic International Perspectives on Gender

Week 18

July 12, 1963

Sean Lemass1899-1971

1960s women factory workers

Ireland’s Declining Fertility Rate, 1960-19982011: 2.05 live births / woman

Women’s Organizations,1960s and 1970s

Gay Byrne, The Late, Late Show presenter 1962-1999

1980s: RecessionAnd Drug Dependency

Visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland, 1979

Campaign Poster, 1983 Referendum

Ireland’s Declining Fertility Rate, 1960-19982011: 2.05 live births / woman

Campaign Posters,Irish referendum on Divorce, 1986

Irish Women’s Studies

Irish Economy Takes Off

Sean O’Casey Bridge, Dublin Docklands

Declining Trust in the Catholic Church

Mary RobinsonIrish President1990-1997

Pro-Choice CampaignPoster, AbortionReferenda 1992

Pro-Life Campaign PosterAbortion Referendum 2002

Campaigning for Access to Abortion

Unfinished Housing near Dublin

Former Dell Factory, Limerick

Irish Unemployment Rate

•Peaked at 15% in 2011

•Under 25 unemployment rate was 25% in Nov 2013

•Peaked at 31% in Jan 2012

Irish graduates protesting at the Famine memorial next to the Irish Center for Financial Services