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A3.6 Holocene vegetation history of SW Connemara, Co. Galway with particular reference to Carna and Roundstone
(Irish Quaternary Association, 2019)Conclusions A 14C-dated pollen profile from Loch an Chorcail, southern Carna peninsula provides a detailed record of vegetation and land-use change that spans most of the Holocene. Pine (P. sylvestris, i.e. Scots pine), ... -
A comprehensive roadmap to 50 years of (Satellite) earth observation resources for the island of Ireland (1972 – 2023)
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 2019)A comprehensive review of optical (panchromatic, multispectral and hyperspectral) and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery coverage for terrestrial and near-shore areas of interest on the island of Ireland. The review ... -
Regimes of performance: practices of the normalised self in the neoliberal university
(Routledge, 2017-09-13)Universities today inescapably find themselves part of nationally and globally competitive networks that appear firmly inflected by neoliberal concerns of rankings, benchmarking and productivity. This, of course, has ... -
Hijacking the 3Ss to ground reflective co-management of beach-dune environments
(Elsevier, 2021-12-23)The global drive to provide the 3Ss (Sun, Sand and Sea) for the benefit of tourists has been a contributory factor in the parallel deterioration of beach-dune habitats on our coasts. In Europe, this has happened at a time ... -
Holocene vegetation dynamics, landscape change and human impact in western Ireland as revealed by multidisciplinary, palaeoecological investigations of peat deposits and bog-pine in lowland Connemara
(MDPI, 2021-11-15)Palaeoecological investigations, involving pollen analysis, dendrochronology, and radiocarbon dating of bog-pine, provide the basis for reconstruction of vegetation dynamics, landscape development, and human impact in two ... -
Bog-deal in Co. Clare, with particular reference to bog-pine and its significance
(Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, 2022)The results of radiocarbon dating of bog-deal (three pine and one oak) from the north-west Burren (Gragan West) and south-west Clare (Binvoran and Tullaher) are reported on. The Binvoran and Tullaher samples yielded ... -
Building coastal and marine resilience in Ireland
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New threats to human security in the Anthropocene: Demanding greater solidarity
(United Nations Development Programme, 2022)We are faced with a development paradox. Even though people are on average living longer, healthier and wealthier lives, these advances have not succeeded in increasing people¿s sense of security. This holds true for ... -
Gender and archaeology
(Oxford University Press, 2022-02-21)In archaeology, gender is not a simple man-woman binary classification. It is the performance and embodiment of an identity that intersects with age, sex, race, sexuality, and class. One is not born, but rather becomes, a ... -
Alteration spaces: Charting the sustainability potential of large organizations
(Elsevier, 2021-10-08)Large organizations play a key role in sustainability transitions through their systems of production and consumption and their influence on wider society. Recognizing the uniqueness and complexity of structure-agency ... -
The culture of castles in Tudor England and Wales, by Audrey M. Thorstad
(The English Historical Review, 2021-06-11)This book should be read by everyone who has an interest in castle studies and the social history of Tudor England more generally. It is a well-researched volume and the first interdisciplinary study devoted to Tudor ... -
Planetary precarity and 'More-Than-Human Security' : The securitization challenge in the aftermath of COVID-19
(Librello, 2021-07-09)COVID-19 has elevated anew the import of holistically conceiving human-environmental well-being and tackling the overarching precarities of our ecologies, societies and public health in strategies of securitization. This ... -
Challenging practices: experiences from community and individual living lab approaches
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-20)In this article, we examine a change initiative designed to involve households in testing ways to transform two everyday practices heating and doing laundry. The research design included an examination of the challenges ... -
Irish settlements and survival
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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 ... -
The man and his music: Gender representation, cultural capital and the Irish traditional music canon
(International Council for Traditional Music Ireland (ICTM Ireland), 2021-03-27)Through a re-examination of canonical Irish traditional music texts and the music-making spaces and practices these inform, this paper proposes that Irish traditional music, as social practice, has normalised hegemonic ... -
Challenging social norms to recraft practices: A Living Lab approach to reducing household energy use in eight European countries
(Elsevier, 2021-02-10)ENERGISE is the first large-scale European effort to reduce household energy use through a change initiative that adopted a ‘living lab’ approach informed by social practice theory. Two challenges were introduced to 306 ... -
Creating context for corridors of consumption: the case of Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-01-25)Global consumption levels are significant contributors to detrimental environmental change and the current climate crisis. Across Ireland, domestic consumption levels have increased dramatically during the past three ... -
"Ní cathair mar a tuairisg í": (Mis)Representing the American city in the literature of the Gaelic Revival?
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A comparative archaeological review of the late prehistoric 'royal site' of Rathcroghan
(Geography Publications, 2018)[No abstract available]