Rimes and Riddles from County Down

Béaloideas ◽  
1938 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
S. Rosamond Praeger
Keyword(s):  
County Down

The factors influencing access to health and social care in the farming communities of County Down, Northern Ireland

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEIRDRE HEENAN
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
County Down ◽  
Farming Families

Against a background of limited previous research, this paper examines the access to health and social care among older people in the farming communities of County Down, Northern Ireland. In-depth interviews were conducted with 45 people aged 60 or more years living on family farms to collect information about health care needs and service use and adequacy. In addition, interviews with service providers provided information on their perceptions of the farming communities' needs. The findings indicate that there are specific rural dimensions of access to services and that among the respondents there was substantial unmet need. For many farming families, using services is determined by much more than being able to reach them physically. The lack of reliable information, the culture of stoicism and the absence of appropriate services impeded obtaining effective support. Recent health care policies and strategies have stressed the importance of developing local services that are responsive to need in consultation with service users, but there is worryingly little evidence that this has occurred. It is concluded that if effective outcomes are to be achieved, policies must recognise the specific characteristics of rural populations and be sensitive to the needs, attitudes and expectations of farming families. The current lack of understanding about the distinct needs of these communities at present exacerbates the isolation and marginalisation of already vulnerable older people.

Silurian metabentonites in County Down, Northern Ireland

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. J. Cameron ◽  
T. B. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
County Down

2. Roots

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-31
Author(s):  
James Como
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
World War I ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Private Tutor ◽  
World War ◽  
Early Schooling ◽  
Diary Writing ◽  
County Down ◽  
Christian Family ◽  
The Impact

‘Roots’ recounts Clive Staples Lewis’s early life in a close-knit Christian family—his parents, Albert and Flora, and his brother, Warren—in County Down, Northern Ireland. His atheism was probably triggered by his mother’s death when he was not quite ten. His early schooling was much improved by his private tutor, William T. Kirkpatrick, who added dialectical precision to the rhetorical and argumentative disposition Lewis inherited from Albert. The impact of George MacDonald’s Phantastes on Lewis is highlighted, along with his service in World War I; his time as an undergraduate at Keble College, Oxford; his election to a fellowship at Magdalen College; his diary writing; and his conversion to Christianity.

Dromore : An urban study in county down

1960 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trefor D. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Study ◽  
County Down
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