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Ring(s) of truth: responses regarding curious ring-marks at Dowth
(Wordwell, 2019)Joe Fenwick shares some responses to his question regarding curious ring-marks at Dowth. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Haven: The Mediterranean crisis and human security
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Multisensorial musings on miniature matters
(Akademie Verlag, 2020-11-12)This issue of ‘Das Mittelalter’ explores the voice of small things.2 We approach artefacts that are no bigger than one’s hand not as silent witnesses to people’s lives, but as agents that actively engage with human beings ... -
Subaltern learnings: climate resilience and human security in the Caribbean
(Routledge, 2020-11-05)The United Nations’ invocation of ‘human security’ a generation ago promised a world increasingly governed by a ‘people-centred’ security agenda. In this paper we focus on arguably the most vital global security challenge ... -
Neolithic ‘Celtic’ Fields? A reinterpretation of the chronological evidence from Céide Fields in north-western Ireland
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-01-09)It has long been claimed that the coaxial stone boundaries of Céide Fields, County Mayo, are a phenomenon of the Irish Early Neolithic analogous to later prehistoric Celtic fields in all but age. This study argues ... -
Shaky foundations: Romantic nationalism and the development of the 'Irish model' of Neolithic settlement
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Employment and population, 1996-2016: growth, recession and delayed recovery
(Geography Publications, 2018)Introduction The two decades from 1996 to 2016 included a period of rapid economic growth internationally, until about 2008, followed by a deep recession from which many countries are still recovering.1 These changes ... -
Understanding the farmer-farm relationship in later life
(Teagasc, 2018-05-24)Research from NUI Galway looks at the complex and deeply emotional relationships older farmers have with their farms, and the impact this has on family farm transfer. -
New opportunities and cautionary steps? Farmers, forestry and rural development in Ireland
(Sciendo, 2011-03-30)It is argued that European agriculture is currently confronted with a multitude of critical challenges and developmental changes, in which the viability of farms based solely on traditional forms of production applies ... -
China's emerging role in the global semiconductor value chain
(Elsevier, 2020-04-18)The global model of semiconductor development has resulted in an asymmetric and interdependent relationship between China's critical role in semiconductor production and those regions such as the US which control the key ... -
Rural out-migration and return: perspectives on the everyday reality and the idyll in Ireland
(Departament de Geografia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020-02)The aim of this article is to add to understandings of the rural idyll as an influence on return migration. Interviews were conducted with thirty-four first generation rural returnees in Ireland and their responses were ... -
Steering demand? Exploring the intersection of policy, practice and lives in energy systems change in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2019-11-07)Recent advances in sociological investigations of energy-systems-change highlight the influence of a wide rangeof policies, beyond those typically considered relevant to energy, on energy demand. To this, a newfield of( ... -
Home is Where the Heart(h) is': investigating medieval houses in Ireland 1100-1600 AD
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The women who had been straining every nerve: Gender-specific medical management of trauma in the Irish Revolution (1916-1923)
(Peter Lang, 2020-01)Female revolutionaries suffered various traumas – including sexual trauma – during Ireland’s revolutionary period (1916–1923). This chapter draws on files from the Military Service Pensions Collection, personal accounts ... -
Long-term human impact and environmental change in mid-western Ireland, with particular reference to Céide Fields – an overview
(Copernicus Publications on behalf of the Deutsche Quartärvereinigung (DEUQUA), 2020-02-11)This paper presents new palaeoecological data from north Co. Mayo, western Ireland, and reviews published data with a view to achieving a better understanding of the timing and nature of early farming in the region, its ... -
Rural emigration to international destinations and return: a perspective from Ireland
(Faculty of Letters, University of Porto, 2019)This chapter aims to contribute to a better understanding of international emigration from and return to rural areas using evidence from Ireland. The paper introduces key concepts relating to migration and return more ...