Mary Immaculate Research Repository: Recent submissions
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A literary theoretical exploration of silenced African women from psychoanalytic and feminist perspectives
(2022-04-01)The study explores the gender relationship in the three English speaking regions of Sub Saharan Africa through three novels: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga; Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; and Parched ... -
The utility of the continuum of support framework in supporting class teachers and special education teachers in the identification and monitoring of pupil
(2022-04-01)Background: The context for this study was prompted by the introduction of a new model for the allocation of special education teaching resources for mainstream schools (National Council for Special Education [NCSE], 2014; ... -
What is the experience of navigating a new life in Ireland for international protection applicants and refugees and what role does education play?
(2022-04-01)This research is political in nature. It analyses the system of reception for international protection applicants and refugees in Ireland, investigates the nature of life within Direct Provision and explores the ways in ... -
‘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 ... -
Teachers’ understandings of lesson study as a professional development tool in a primary multi-grade school
(2022-03-30)With increasing focus on primary curricular reform in Ireland, growing understanding of the importance of education in the early years has led professional development organisations to consider the effectiveness of STEM ... -
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 ... -
'Top of the tree': examining the print news portrayal of the world's best female amateur golfer during her transition to professional golf (Pre-published)
(Cork University Press, 2020-05-20)Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet has been relatively marginal within the academy. Significant research has been undertaken by individual scholars, and various important books have ... -
'Write when it hurts. Then write till it doesn’t’: athlete voice and the lived realities of one female professional athlete (Pre-published)
(2020-11-21)Digital media has played a central role in promoting women’s sport, where female athletes are increasingly using online platforms to control their own representations and challenge male dominated sporting institutions. ... -
Selling Scotland? Selling women’s golf? The 2019 Solheim Cup in the ‘Home of Golf’ (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2021-07-10)In 2019, Scotland played host to the Solheim Cup, a competition contested by leading women professional golfers representing Europe and the United States. The event was given further political significance by the fact that ... -
The Solheim Cup: media representations of golf, gender and national identity (Pre-published)
(Emerald publishing, 2021-11-29)The increasing inclusion of women in sport has been mediated by societal gendered expectations. It is an oft-cited notion that sport is “an institution created by and for men” (Messner and Sabo, 1990: 9), and sport is ... -
Women, war and sport: the battle of the 2019 Solheim Cup (Pre-published)
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-05-29)One of the most significant and/or prevalent symbols of nationhood is to be found in the international (men’s) sporting arena. Sport is often imbued with notions of national identity and war, although the sport of golf ... -
Online activism and athlete advocacy in professional women’s golf: risk or reward? (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2021-12-10)Whilst golf provides an avenue by which women can play professionally, more men have the opportunity to do so and when they do, they make more money than women. In terms of visibility, endorsements, prize money and media ... -
'Battle of the Sixes': investigating print media representations of female professional golfers competing in a men's tour event (Pre published)
(SAGE Publications, 2019-04-14)In May 2018, the men’s European Tour invited five female professional golfers to compete in its GolfSixes event in England, against 27 professional male players. This was significant, particularly given the female struggle ... -
"Our wee country": national identity, golf and ‘Ireland’ (Pre published)
(Routledge, 2019-03-19)The careers of professional golfers offer a noteworthy opportunity to examine the ways in which national identity is imagined, constructed and experienced. This paper examines the nexus of national identity and golf in ... -
Shifting hegemony in a "man's world": incremental change for female golf professional employment (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2017-02-08)There is much evidence to suggest that the golf environment is unequal in terms of gender. This study examines female golf professionals’ understanding of the barriers and opportunities to employment in the golf industry. ... -
Women in golf: a critical reflection (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2017)