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Book: Sounds Irish, Acts Global

Chapter: 1930s Ireland: Law and Order, Business and Nationalism

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.36032

Blurb:

Ireland’s early independence governments shaped domestic culture, including the local music scene. Some of the judges who applied the law had a deep fear of youthful pastimes; they restricted dancing in Ireland. Although it is not included in most Irish history books, one judge, District Justice Goff, who was famous for his dancing restrictions, also sentenced a girl who was caught kissing a boy to a month in prison. The case sparked an international outcry.

Chapter Contributors

  • Michael Mary Murphy ([email protected] - michaelmurphy) 'Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin'