This revised edition first published in 2020 by The O’Brien Press Limited, 12 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6, D06 HD27, Ireland Tel: +353 1 4923333; Fax: +353 1 4922777 E-mail: books@obrien.ie Website: www.obrien.ie The O’Brien Press is a member of Publishing Ireland. ISBN: 978-1-78849-186-0 Originally published in 2005 by A. & A. Farmar Ltd Revised editions published in 2006, 2008 and 2012, 2015 © Dr Peter Boylan & Dr Jennifer Walsh 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or in any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 54321 24 23 22 21 20 Photographs courtesy of Corbis (p. 109), Fotosearch (p. 112), Imagefile (p. 79, 155), all others of the National Maternity Hospital Text and cover design by Kevin Gurry Drawings by Alice Campbell Index and text setting by Bookworks Printed and bound in Poland by Białostockie Zakłady Graficzne S.A. The paper in this book is produced using pulp from managed forests.
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