Browsing Department of History by Title
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Scultptors and their customers: A study of Clonmacnoise grave-slabs
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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 ... -
Sex in the civitas: early Irish Intellectuals and their vision of women (pre-print version)
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)Given arguments that Irish poets and churchmen could be educated together, this paper quarries ecclesiastical sources for stereotypes informing female depictions in narrative literature. -
The South African War, empire and the Irish World, 1899-1902.
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The Southern Irish Loyalists Relief Association and Irish ex-servicemen of the First World War, 1922–1932 (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2023-08-20)In 1925, the Southern Irish Loyalists Relief Association (SILRA), originally founded for the relief of southern Irish loyalist refugees in Britain, created a fund for ex-servicemen resident in the Irish Free State (IFS). ... -
A spirit of emulation: the transformation of sport in North Munster, 1850–1890.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2009) -
A "square earthen church of clay" in seventh-century Mayo
(The Archaeological Society, UCD [University College Dublin], 1993) -
St Flannan and St RIcenn: Labouring kings and literate mothers in Medieval Clare
(Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society, 2013) -
Standing stones in Irish tradition
(The Cardinal Press [Maynooth], 1997) -
The State Solicitor’s Report on the 1803 Rebellion in County Kildare
(County Kildare Archaeological Society, 2000) -
A study of the life and activities of Sir Stephen Edward De Vere of Curragh Chase, 1812-1904
(2024-10-17)The focus of this thesis is on the life of Sir Stephen Edward De Vere. In some ways, he might be viewed as a peripheral figure in nineteenth-century Irish history. Although he did serve as a Member of Parliament for county ... -
Studying revolution: accounts of Mary Immaculate College, 1918-1923
(Limerick City and County Council, 2022-04-28)In 1921 the War of Independence entered its most violent phase and this has been reflected in Limerick City and County Council’s Decade of Centenaries programme this year. But against the backdrop of ambushes such as ... -
Surname formation in Ireland: Discussion, debates and DNA
(SNSBI [Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland], 2013) -
Surname research and DNA: Publications, possibilities and pitfalls
(Dublin City Library, 2015) -
Survival and assimilation: loyalism in the interwar Irish Free State (Pre-published version)
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022-12-03)In 1997, historian R. B. McDowell suggested that when “compared to the thorough methods for dealing with unpopular minorities … in eastern and central Europe and elsewhere, the harassment of loyalists was not notably ... -
Taxes, trade and trespass: the Hiberno-Norse context of the Dál Cais empire (Pre-published version)
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A terror to evil doers: The NSPCC and industrial schools in Kilkenny 1927-1937
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis examines the role of the Kilkenny, Carlow and Queen’s County Branch of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty in the committal of children to industrial schools during the period 1927- 1937. In addition, ... -
Tírechán's motives in compiling the "Collectanea": an alternative interpretation
(Royal Irish Academy, 1994) -
The twelfth century reform of the Irish church: a historiographical study
(Mary Immaculate College, 1998) -
The Uí Briain, the De Burgos and the Hiberno-Norman settlement of Limerick
(Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society, 2017)