FACULTY OF ARTS: Recent submissions
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Magdalenas stimmen: polyphone erinnerung in Jürgen Fuchsʼ Autofiktion
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis examines the auto-fictional text Magdalena (1998) by the East German writer Jürgen Fuchs. This auto-fiction provides an insight into the work of the East German secret police (Stasi), its internal structures, ... -
"The whole man": a discussion of the influence of aspects of the occult and of German philosophy on Yeats’s dramatic theory and performance
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis will attempt to set out the core elements of the dramatic theory of William Butler Yeats. He had worked on this for many years, attempting to create a theatre in which unity of Image on stage would lead to a ... -
"The distant skin": a deconstructive analysis of women and polysemic touch in the writing of John McGahern and Anne Enright
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis, by providing a deconstructive reading of the work of John McGahern and Anne Enright, elucidates the way in which the place, position and representation of women in modern Irish society is profoundly affected ... -
The possibility of love: an inter-disciplinary analysis
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2008)The aim of this thesis is to address the question of love’s possibility as it is explored in a selection of literature from the disciplines of philosophy, psychoanalysis and poetry. The works of nine authors, selected from ... -
My school, your school, our school: celebrating the transformation of a primary school into a community learning centre, 1985-2005
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Construction of total phosphorus (TP) quantitative models based on diatoms and cladocera for the Irish ecoregion using palaeolimnological techniques
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The 4th Earl of Dunraven, 1841–1926: a study of his contribution to the emerging Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2003)The 4th earl of Dunraven was born in Adare in 1841 into one of the wealthiest landed families in Ireland. Succeeding to the title in 1871 he was the quintessential Irish peer, engrossing himself in travel and adventure, ... -
The conflict between social identity and religious identity in the work of Jack Kerouac
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Haruki Murakami's postmodern condition: representing the postmodern in the translated novel
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2010)This thesis offers a close reading of some of the texts of Haruki Murakami through a postmodern lens, offering a new perspective on how the Japanese writer corroborates Lyotard’s notion of the ‘Postmodern Condition’ and ... -
Rural restructuring and rural in-migration patterns in Ireland
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)In recent decades, the rural economic base in Ireland, similar to that of other developed countries across the globe, has witnessed a period of significant structural change, with academic literature coining the term rural ... -
A spatial analysis of the suppliers of nature based tourism in Ireland, insights into the provision of walking tourism on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula, Co. Cork.
(2014)The tourism industry from 2012 to 2022 is expected to grow by an average of 4% annually to constitute 10% of global GDP (US$10 trillion). It is also predicted by 2022, globally, one in every ten jobs (328 million) will ... -
The television anti-hero
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)This thesis tests the hypothesis that there has been a sustained depiction of the anti-hero on US cable television since the late 1990s. It also addresses a number of closely related research sub-questions. In summary, why ... -
The provision of disability services in Limerick 1930-1990
(2013-12-18)This thesis explores the evolution of services for the disabled in Limerick from the 1930s to end of the twentieth century. It examines the development of services, the prominent role of religion and the church in this ... -
Non-Official Higher Education in the UK
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Traveller Health: A Research Project to develop an Action plan for the Mid-Western Health Board
(NIHS, 2003-06)Research has shown that Travellers do not share similar health status to the settled population. The 1996 Population Census showed that only 1.3% of Travellers were over 65 years compared to 11.4% of the general population ... -
Sending gossoons to be made oul mollies of: Rule 127(b) and the feminisation of teaching in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)This article examines a decision known as Rule 127(b), taken in 1905 by the National Commissioners for Education in Ireland. The rule raised concerns about the displacement of male teachers and their replacement with poorly ... -
The Portrayal of Madness in the Limerick Press 1772-1845
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013-10-21)This thesis examines the treatment of madness and the mad in the Irish provincial newspaper press between 1772 and 1843. It concentrates largely on the Limerick press, contextualising its treatment of the subject by reference ... -
Public Health & Housing in Limerick City 1850 -1935 - A Geographical Analysis
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)While the industrial era was underway in Europe during the nineteenth century, Ireland was also faced with the issues of epidemic disease and slum housing. Most of the research undertaken to date has focused on the ...