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Death notices and obituaries in provincial Ireland newspapers 1820-1900

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2013
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This chapter explores the nature and function of obituaries and death notices in nineteenth-century Irish provincial newspapers. Employing a sample from a database of newspaper entries, it is argued that the use of obituaries and death notices in the pageantry of funerary culture in the nineteenth century served a dual purpose: firstly, it assisted the Catholic Church to exert control over funerary culture; and, secondly, it represents an expression of rising middle-class Catholic aspirations.
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Irish Academic Press
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Death and Dying in Ireland, Britain, and Europe: Historical Perspectives, Lyons, Mary Ann & Kelly, James (eds);10, pp. 249-
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History and Geography
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death notices, obituaries, Irish provincial newspapers
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https://researchrepository.ul.ie/handle/10344/9405
 https://doi.org/10.34961/8262
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Book chapter
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