MARRIAGE IN IRELAND 1660–1925

MARIA LUDDY and MARY O’DOWD Cambridge University Press £74.99 ISBN 9781108731904 Reviewed by Mary Kenny It was said that a traditional Irish marriage proposal was ‘Would you like to be buried with my people?’, which was thought both comical and macabre. If ever such a proposal was made, however, it did underline quite shrewdly the ... Read more

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