Department of History: Recent submissions
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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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Worlds apart - the Gaelic League and America, 1906-1914
(Mary Immaculate College, 1998) -
The twelfth century reform of the Irish church: a historiographical study
(Mary Immaculate College, 1998) -
Popular memory and identity: street ballads in north Munster in the nineteenth century
(Mary Immaculate College, 1998) -
‘Revolutionary and Refractory? The Irish Colleges in Paris and the French Revolution
(AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, 2008) -
Ogam stones in Sligo and their context
(Sligo Field Club, 2002) -
The gods of Newgrange in Irish literature & Romano-Celtic tradition
(Archaeopress, 2003)This paper examines the proposition put forward by Professor M.J. and Claire O'Kelly that medieval Irish literature provides us with evidence of gods who may have been worshipped by those woho built Neolithic Newgrange. ... -
Early Medieval Irish grave-slabs and their inscriptions
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Tírechán's motives in compiling the "Collectanea": an alternative interpretation
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Early Irish Church organisation: the case of Drumlease and the Book of Armagh
(Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne [Cavan], 2001) -
Irish Catholics, French Cartesians: Irish Reactions to Cartesianism in France, 1671-1726
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Pagan monuments and Christian legal centres in early Meath
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The local context of Óenach Tailten
(Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 2000) -
Brigid, Patrick, and the kings of Kildare, A.D. 640-850
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English and Pictish terms for brooch in an 8th-century Irish law-text
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Óenach Tailten, the Blackwater Valley and the Uí Néill kings of Tara
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Old Irish for archaeologists - an interdisciplinary perspective
(DPK Publishing, 2006)