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Understanding 'Hall-Houses': Debating Seigneurial buildings in Ireland in the 13th century
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-24)THE SEIGNURIAL HALL and chamber have been assumed, in both Britain and Ireland, to be typically located in the only building to generally survive on medieval residential sites. In England this idea has seen some revision, ... -
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. -
Urban design and civic spaces: nature at the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont in Paris
(SAGE Publications, 2006-10)Transcending the dualism between 'nature' and 'culture' has been one of the central aims of geographical knowledge during the last decade or so. The present paper adds to this growing body of literature by focusing on the ... -
US Central Command and liberal imperial reach: 'Shaping the Central Region for the 21st Century'
(Wiley, 2014-11-26)For over 30 years, the grand strategy of one of the most important commands in the US military, Central Command (CENTCOM), has consistently held fast to a commitment to neoliberal capitalism and an ostensibly free-market ... -
Where worlds meet. Two Irish prehistoric mountain-top ‘villages’
(Università di Macerata, 2015)Mountains and high ground are often venerated as special places. It is their enigmatic quality as high places, their prominence and permanence in both the mental and physical landscapes that draws us to them. In the ... -
Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island - Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the new economy GPN
(Elsevier, 2004-06)Hyper-capitalism in global information and communication technology (ICT) markets during the late 1990s created a new global production network, shaped by multinational corporations, international capital flows, and a ... -
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 ... -
Younger Dryas deglaciation of Scotland driven by warming summers
(National Academy of Sciences, 2014-04-14)The Younger Dryas Stadial (YDS; similar to 12,900-11,600 y ago) in the Northern Hemisphere is classically defined by abrupt cooling and renewed glaciation during the last glacial- interglacial transition. Although this ...