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An investigation into the profile of entrants to concurrent (post-primary) initial teacher education in Ireland, 2009–2020
(Routledge, 2021-03-26)In recent times, Ireland’s post-primary schools have experienced considerable social, cultural, economic and technological change. As a result newly qualified teachers are entering an increasingly diverse and rapidly ... -
An investigation of pupils and teachers at the point of transition from primary to post primary school: issues in the teaching and learning of science.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)This research was undertaken to investigate the issues arising among pupils and teachers in the transition from primary to post-primary science education. The study involved an investigation of pupils‟ attitudes to and ... -
An investigation of the performance of five different estimators in the measurement error regression model
(Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2015)In a comprehensive paper by Riggs et al.(1978) the authors analyse the performances of numerous estimators for the regression slope in the measurement error model with positive measurement error variances >0 0 for X and ... -
Invisibility and Inclusivity: Approaches to religious difference in schools.(Pre-Published version)
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Ireland and Ecocriticism: An Introduction (Pre-published)
(2013)Contemporary Irish history, specifically that of the past twenty years, saw the nature of the relationship between people and land alter dramatically and, in large part, detrimentally. So that while ‘land’ and ‘value’ have ... -
Ireland in Theory: the Influence of French Theory on Irish Cultural and Societal Development
(Peter Lang, 2004)This essay argues that the advent of French literary and cultural theory, specifically the work of Barthes, Foucault, Derrida and Lacan, has been responsible for some of the accelerated social changes that Ireland has ... -
Ireland's participation in the 50th international mathematical olympiad
(Irish Mathematical Society, 2009)The 50th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) took place in Bremen (Germany) from 12th July until 22nd July 2009. With 565 participants (59 of whom were girls) from 104 countries, this was the IMO with the largest ... -
Ireland, Empire and Utopia: Irish Postcolonial Criticism and the Utopian Impulse
(Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2010)This article is a response to Bill Ashcroft’s ‘Critical Utopias’, which appeared in this journal in 2007. In his earlier piece, Ashcroft offered a summary genealogy of the historical and literary historical links between ... -
Ireland, Modernity and the Question of Definition
(The Journal of Music in Ireland, 2003)This essay is an exploration of the notion of modernity, and its relationship with tradition. It is a response to John Waters’ article on modernity entitles ‘Reactionary Progressives’. I will respond to the article in ... -
Irish and British saints of the early Medieval period (Pre-published version)
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Irish autobiographical fiction and Hannah Lynch's "Autobiography of a child"
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Irish Catholics and Aristotelian Scholastic Philosophy in Early Modern France, c.1600-c.1750
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Irish Catholics, French Cartesians: Irish Reactions to Cartesianism in France, 1671-1726
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The Irish chaplaincy in Britain
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Irish contact with late Roman Britain
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Irish cultural studies and postcolonial theory
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Irish education policy for a globalised world: A policy for chasing black & white swans
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Irish Female Gothic Fiction: A Study of the Fiction of Regina Maria Roche and Sydney Owenson
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2011)The purpose of this study is to identify whether some of Sydney Owenson’s and Regina Maria Roche’s work should be considered as examples of Irish Female Gothic. Through a close study of four novels by Owenson and Roche, I ... -
An Irish feminist chick lit? Examining the social and cultural contexts of Marian Keyes’ work
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2011)This thesis will present a study of the work of Irish writer Marian Keyes in terms of her texts, and the cultural context of these texts. The nature of chick lit as a formulaic genre will be examined, and the ability of ...