FACULTY OF ARTS: Recent submissions
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‘Standing in the Gap’: A Theological Reflection on The Meaning, Value and Significance of Faith in The Life and Ministry of Healthcare Chaplains
(2022-03-30)To date, there has been a dearth of research in the area of Healthcare Chaplaincy, particularly in the Irish context. The literature recognises this and indeed, calls for a rebalance, especially by chaplains themselves. ... -
How do children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) enrolled in special ASD classes in mainstream primary schools make sense of themselves and their educational experiences? Child, parent and teacher insights?
(2022-03-30)Aims: School is a site of critical importance in the construction of sense of self. A corpus of qualitative literature indicates that adolescent students with ASD attending mainstream schools often construe themselves as ... -
Mediterranean sea surface temperatures and planktonic foraminifera palaeoecology during short-term climate oscillations of the Late Pleistocene
(2022-03-30)The Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea, ideally located for recording and amplifying global climate signals. Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1), the Bølling-Allerød (BA) and Younger Dryas (YD) are periods of extreme climatic change ... -
Irish policemen in the Palestine mandate, 1922-1948
(2022-03-16)This thesis explores Ireland’s influence on and involvement in the policing of British Mandated Palestine and, through an examination of five distinct but interrelated aspects of the Irish experience, assesses Ireland’s ... -
Monströse Romanzen und romantische Monster
(2022-03-16)This thesis examines German monster mash-up novels as a contemporary form of popular fantastic literature, which has developed as an intricate part of today’s globalised, multimedia world and has to be analysed within this ... -
Data-driven learning, theories of learning and second language acquisition: in search of intersections (Pre published)
(2021-11)This chapter focuses on the need to address both theories of learning and theories of language acquisition in data-driven learning (DDL) research. While it recognises that there has been so much worthwhile research work ... -
An enquiry into contemporary relativism: arguing in favour of irrealist metaethics
(2021-11-08)This project will firstly set out to argue that relativism is a viable and defensible stance which can be taken up in many contemporary philosophical debates. This will be achieved firstly by drafting an overview of the ... -
From the hoof to the hook: an investigation of beef processor influence on Irish farm policy and politics, 1950-1986
(2021-06-11)This thesis traces the development of the Irish beef processing industry through its first thirty-six years from 1950 to 1986. It asks how and why meat processing firms became so influential in Irish farming, documenting ... -
Elizabeth Shaw (1920-1992): the Irish caricaturist who left her mark on East-German children’s literature (Pre-published)
(Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2015)One of my favourite picture books as a child was Der kleine Angsthase, a present from an aunt who lived in the former German Democratic Republic. It was somewhat exotic, like everything else which arrived in the Christmas ... -
Report on human trafficking and exploitation on the island of Ireland (Pre-published)
(Mary Immaculate College, 2021)The Human Trafficking & Exploitation Project on the Island of Ireland (HTEPII) is the culmination of a cooperative project involving several collaborators. This unique mixed-methods research project brings together senior ... -
Trasteangú san oideachas lán-Ghaeilge- deiseanna agus dúshláin (Pre-published)
(St. Mary's University College, Belfast, 2020)Is éard atá i gceist le trasteangú ná malartú córasach idir dhá theanga sa seomra ranga tumoideachais, chun tacú le foghlaim an ábhair agus le forbairt inniúlachta sa dá theanga de réir mar a théann na daltaí i dtaithí ar ... -
Oideolaíocht an trasteangaithe i mbunscoileanna na hÉireann: páipéar seasaimh ar a poitéinseal i gcomhthéacsanna áirithe (Pre-published)
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2017)Is fealsúnacht oideachais é an trasteangú (Trawsieithu sa Bhreatnais agus Translanguaging sa Bhéarla) atá tagtha go mór chun cinn le fiche bliain anuas i réimse an oideachais dhátheangaigh. Tagraíonn sé d’idéeolaíocht ... -
Saintréithe an luath-oideachais ghaeltachta: léargais úra ó chás-staidéar i ngaeltacht chonamara (Pre-published)
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2016)Déanfar anailís chriticiúil san alt seo, ar an múnla luath-oideachais dhátheangaigh atá i bhfeidhm i mbunscoil amháin i nGaeltacht Chonamara (Catagóir A). Breathnófar ar athróga éagsúla dá múnla oideachais lena n-áirítear: ... -
The stability space of the derived category of holomorphic triples and further investigations
(2021-04-14)In this thesis we give a complete description of the Bridgeland stability space for the bounded derived category of holomorphic triples over a smooth projective curve of genus one as a connected, four dimensional complex ... -
‘We think considerable improvement should be made.’ Irish insanity and the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum, 1772-1900
(2021-04-08)The focus of this thesis is the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum (LDLA hereafter), its interconnected institutions and the people who used them. Established in 1827, LDLA was Ireland’s first large-scale provincial district ... -
A socio-rhetorical interpretation of Paul’s theology of Christian suffering of 1 Corinthians
(2021-04-07)This dissertation is a socio-rhetorical investigation of Paul’s theology of Christian suffering in 1 Corinthians. Paul’s undisputed Letters offer seven lists of his suffering (see 1 Cor 4:9-13; 2 Cor 4:8-9; 6:4-5, 8-10; ... -
"Do you see this woman" (Luke 7:44). The multi-faceted witness of women in Luke's gospel
(2021-04-07)The open question that is posed in this research, seeks to ascertain what the women exemplify as they interact with Jesus in the Lukan Gospel. How does Jesus engage them and what aspects of discipleship and response do ... -
The creativity of life: Husserl, Henry and beyond
(2021-04-06)This work investigates the nature of transcendental subjectivity, and whether and how the subject can endeavour to know and attest to its absolute foundation with its essential structures. Towards this end, I take up the ... -
Teacher talk at three stages of English language teacher career development: a corpus-aided study
(2021-03-30)Classroom discourse (CD) and teacher talk (TT) have received much attention over the years across a range of research perspectives, from qualitative case studies of individual teacher narratives to large-scale quantitative ... -
Re:membrance of Absence Disrupting perceptions of Jewish and minority identity in Ireland through theatre
(2021-03-30)This research examines social, historical and theoretical reasons that have contributed to the noticeable omission of minority voices, specifically Jewish voices, from Irish theatre narratives to date. The creation of the ...