Childhood, Youth and Family

Building on its pioneering work in women’s history, the Department continues to produce important research in social history, in particular, the experience of children and youth, church and state policy towards the family, and the family as a vehicle for the transmission of historical memory. For examples of this work, which contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5 and 10, see the following profiles: Sarah-Anne BuckleyTomás FinnJackie Uí Chionna 


Robert Henri, Blond Bridget Lavelle, 1928. Public Domain.