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Planning for change: Coastal management and climate adaptation in Derrynane, Co. Kerry
(OPW Ireland, 2023)This report details the results of a community participatory workshop in Derrynane, Co. Kerry during April 2022. The workshop assessed the perception of the participants to coastal management practices in their area ... -
Planning in/for/with the Public
(Cogitatio Press, 2016-03-18)Urban planning in general, and discursively motivated practices attaching to urban form in particular, are beholden in many ways to notions of a ‘public’. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that urban ... -
Planting new ideas: A feminist gaze on medieval castles
(Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2021-01)The theme of the Château Gaillard 29 Conference “Vivre au Château” is very timely: studies of medieval castles have great potential to generate meaningful archaeologies, including biographies and life cycles as well as ... -
Podcast Steering of Independent Learning in Higher Education
(2012)Podcasting in higher education is a relatively new development that emerged mainstream in the latter part of the last decade (Stoerger, 2006; Salmon and Edirisingha, 2008). Since then, academics have variously begun to ... -
Population change in the Republic of Ireland 1981-1991: trends and spatial patterns
(Universite de Lille I (Sciences et Technologies), 1992)Demographic trends in the Republic of Ireland have gradually moved closer to Western European norms during the past two decades. Birth rates have continued to fall and internal migration flows have become diversified. ... -
Post-glacial vegetation and landscape change in upland Ireland with particular reference to Mám Éan, Connemara
(Elsevier, 2021-01-20)Holocene vegetation dynamics of mid-western Ireland are discussed with particular reference to the Galway and Mayo uplands, the development of upland blanket bog and the history of pine and yew. A detailed pollen profile ... -
Pre-Norman fortification in eleventh and twelfth-century Ireland
(Publications du CRAHM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen, 2012)This paper examines the evolution of fortification in Connacht during the 11th and 12th centuries, prior to the arrival of theAnglo-Normans to Ireland in 1169. Our main argument is that Irish fortresses of the period, while ... -
The prehistoric archaeology of Ireland
(Galway University Press, 1998)The first edition of The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland was published by Galway University Press (now no more) in 1998. This comprehensive survey of Irish prehistory is still a useful work of reference. This is a proof ... -
Procession and symbolism at Tara: analysis of Tech Midchúarta (the Banqueting Hall) in the context of the sacral campus
(Wiley, 2007-10-11)New analysis explores Tech Midchúarta (the ‘Banqueting Hall’) from the point of view of a sacral, processional approach to the summit of the Hill of Tara, the pre‐eminent cult and inauguration site of prehistoric and early ... -
Quality Irish regional products and services: their promotion and marketing
(Social Sciences Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway and Teagasc Agricultural and Food Development Authority, 2004)As part of an ongoing response to the 1992 reform of the CAP and the 1993 GATT agreement, the European Commission (EC) provided support for research on the development of new markets, products and processes for agricultural ... -
Quantification of biofilm build-up in filters when intermittently loaded with low-strength synthetic wastewater
(2011)Accumulation of particulate matter and microorganisms present in wastewater as biofilm on the surface of filters can lead to clogging of the media. If clogging of filters occurs, they need to be temporarily decommissioned ... -
Raffin Fort, Co Meath: Neolithic and Bronze Age activity
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Rathcroghan revisited: A renewed archaeological and geophysical exploration of selected areas of the focal ritual complex
(Navan Research Group, 2020)A renewed programme of geophysical survey was implemented over selected archaeological features in the fields surrounding Rathcroghan mound during the summers of 2013 and 2014. This was undertaken as part of the Rathcroghan ... -
Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: where the Táin Bó Cúailnge began
(Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 44, 2009)A summary account of the royal site of Rathcroghan famous in early Irish epic literature as the seat of Queen Maeve and the place where the great cattle raid of Cooley began. Rich in legend and archaeology, this account ... -
Rathcroghan: a royal site in Connacht
(Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1983)A short study of the archaeology and mythology of the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, which formed the basis for the author's monograph (with J. Fenwick and K. Barton) Rathcroghan. Archaeological and Geophysical ... -
A reappraisal of the archaeological remains in the vicinity of the great passage tomb and manorial village of Dowth, Brú na Bóinne, Co. Meath
(Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, 2018-03)This paper presents the results of a programme of archaeological and geophysical field investigation in the immediate environs of the great passage tomb and nearby medieval manorial village of Dowth in Co. Meath. Based on ... -
A reassembly of the monumental fragments in Dowth townland and their significance as an integral part of the prehistoric numinous precince of Brú na Bóinne, Co. Meath.
(Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, 2015)This article explores the early prehistory of Dowth townland and advances a reinterpretation of its surviving archaeological fragments against the contextual backdrop of Newgrange, Knowth and the greater Brú na Bóinne ... -
Reconsidering the exclusion of metaphysics in human geography
(Fabrizio Serra Editore, 1997-05)From its beginning as a systematic branch of knowledge, human geography was strongly influenced by developments in the other branches of the social sciences. Once a predominantly descriptive and ideographic discipline, ... -
Rectangular chamber-towers and their medieval halls: A recent look at the buildings formerly described as “Hall-Houses”
(Presse Universitaires de Caen, 2016)The interpretation of the 13th-century castles formerly described as “hall-houses” has recently been a contentious topic in Irish (and Scottish) castle-studies2 . Little interpretive analysis of these buildings had been ... -
Reducing residential carbon emissions in Ireland: Challenges and policy responses
(Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)Carbon emissions from the residential sector in Ireland are higher than the European average and are rising. This is a concern in a country already struggling to meet its agreed climate targets. In this chapter, the authors ...