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A visual history of St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
(2010)
A Visual History of St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Ballinrobe Co. Mayo explores the history of this previously under-researched ecclesiastical site in the west of Ireland. This project has uncovered the complex history of ...
Promoting and encouraging genealogy tourism in County Mayo
(2007)
There are over 70 million people of Irish descent scattered across the globe, forming a nostalgic Diasporic network that links County Mayo and the rest of Ireland to places such as the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand ...
Generation 'why'?: contested concepts of ultimacy in contemporary western European culture
(2012)
The thesis proposes that the scientistic-technologicalist-consumerist meaning structures communicated via the mass-media, and pervasive in contemporary Western European culture, are limited in scope and function. In order ...
The Irish in Leeds, 1931-81 : aspects of emigration
(2004)
Irish emigrants have been settling in Britain in significant numbers since the early nineteenth century. As a result of continued waves of emigration, the Irish constituted the largest ethnic minority in mid-twentieth ...
The Irish revolution of 1916-1921 and modern remembrance: a case study of the commemorative heritages of County Tipperary
(2007)
Both in Ireland and internationally, acts of commemoration have garnered much attention in recent time from political organisations and academic writers, as well as from the media and general public. Much of the focus has ...
The alleviation of pain and suffering: moving beyond the medical model
(2005)
This study arose from a concern for the needs of patients who experience pain and suffering in hospitals or community settings. In this thesis, in attempting to
move beyond the current medical model I propose a holistic ...
Victorian Athlone : the struggle to modernise an Irish Provincial Town
(2004)
The Victorian era in the United Kingdom was one of momentous change. Economically, socially and politically a nation was to emerge that was unlike any that had gone before. It was the first truly industrialised nation and ...
An investigation of the potential of genealogy tourism as a catalyst for regional development in County Galway
(2007)
This thesis is concerned with the challenges now faced by genealogy tourism in county Galway, situated on Ireland’s Western seaboard. It is a response to a 50%
decline in the overall number of genealogy tourists visiting ...
Localised pasts and presents : critical viewpoints on the making of County Mayo’s Commemorative Heritages
(2006)
Both in Ireland and internationally, acts of commemoration have garnered much attention in recent time from political organisations and academic circles, as well as from the media and general public. Much of the focus has ...
The transformation of Galway: an urban history of a port town 1600-1700
(2012)
Galway’s wealth and position as a major Irish trading port at the beginning of the seventeenth century stemmed from a mixture of geography and politics. Its staunch support of the Crown, since its foundation in the early ...