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A More General and Rooted Spirit of Disaffection: The 1803 Rebellion in Kildare
(History Ireland, 2003)
Claiming the landscape: popular balladry in pre-famine Ireland (Pre-published version)
(Four Courts Press, 2008)
'Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse...': Catholicism, deconstruction and postmodernity in contemporary Irish culture (Pre-published version)
(Columba Press, 2006)
This chapter will examine the changing role of the Catholic Church as structure in contemporary Ireland, seeing this altered role as part of a larger process of societal change across the western world. Indeed, what is ...
‘Revolutionary and Refractory? The Irish Colleges in Paris and the French Revolution
(AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, 2008)
Mathematical under-preparedness: The influence of the pre-tertiary mathematics experience on students’ ability to make a successful transition to tertiary level mathematics courses in Ireland (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)
Internationally, the consequences of the ‘Mathematics problem’ are a source of concern for the education sector and governments alike. Growing consensus exists that the inability of students to successfully make the ...
Theology in Ireland: Changing Contours and Contexts
(Veritas, 2005)
It struck many people as strange that a topic such as this, a particularly broad and general one, would be chosen as the keynote address at a major symposium to honour the lives and work of Bernard Lonergan and Karl Rahner. ...
Irish Catholics, French Cartesians: Irish Reactions to Cartesianism in France, 1671-1726
(Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2004)
Defying Descartes: Michael Moore (1639-1726) and Aristotelianism in Ireland and France
(Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000)
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 ...