Publications

Frances Finnegan’s research centred largely on poverty and prejudice in the Victorian period. Her books include:

Available from Congrave Press

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  Introspections: The Poetry & Private World of Dorothea Herbert (Congrave Press, 2011).

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  Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland (Congrave Press, 2001; and Oxford University Press, 2004).

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To order a copy

The books are €20 each. Postage rates vary.

To order a book, please contact Sarah Finnegan at [email address requires JavaScript].

Other publications

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  Poverty and Prejudice: Irish Immigrants in York 1840–1875 (Cork University Press, 1982; re-issued by the Borthwick Institute for Archives, 2018).

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  Poverty and Prostitution: Victorian Prostitutes in York (Cambridge University Press, 1979; re-issued 2006).

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  Poverty and Social Policy: An Historical Study of Batley, written jointly with E. M. Sigsworth (York University Press, 1976).

  Not available to order here.