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Young people's attitudes toward the police in Ireland. A mixed methods study
(2013-10-30)
The aim of this research was to address outstanding empirical issues in the attitudes to police literature by developing and testing a theoretical model of the factors that influence young people's attitudes toward the ...
Parks and Deer-Hunting: Evidence from Medieval Ireland
(2012-05-14)
This thesis examines aspects of hunting in later medieval Ireland, with particular reference to the Anglo-Norman period, from 1169 to c. 1350. The focus is on deer hunting and on parks, in which fallow deer could be kept. ...
"Midwives to Creativity": A Study of Salmon Publishing, 1981-2007
(2012-09-27)
The first half of this dissertation demonstrates that individual voices rarely develop in isolation, and takes as its premise that behind every individual poetic voice lies a history of community or coterie dynamics which ...
Reproducing stigma: Narratives of single women's pregnancy and motherhood in Ireland 1990-2010
(2014-06-06)
This is a study of single women¿s reproduction in Ireland, the investigation of a contemporary phenomenon in its real life context. The study is interested in the temporal nature of experience over an extended time period ...
The Place of Hunting in Rural Ireland
(2012-03-20)
Recreational hunting activities occupy an uneasy position in contemporary rural space. Framed by global developments and changes in the sociocultural, political and economic fabric of rural societies, we are also witnessing, ...
The Regulation of Stem Cell Research in Ireland
(2013-03-19)
This thesis explores the regulation of stem cell research internationally with a view to providing a suitable regulatory framework for Ireland. It examines the ethical, legal and economic issues which can is raised by stem ...
Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland - Material Culture, Practices, Landscape Setting and Social Context
(2014-02-20)
This thesis develops a new perspective on Late Bronze Age (LBA) Ireland by identifying and analysing patterns of ritual practice in the archaeological record, as well as determining how distinct ritual practices relate to ...
Masquerade, self-invention and the nation: uncovering the fiction of Katherine Cecil Thurston
(2014-03-07)
This dissertation explores the life and works of Cork-born novelist, Katherine Cecil Thurston (1875-1911). Thurston occupies a liminal place in the Irish literary canon in spite of achieving significant transatlantic success ...
The nature of food localisms among consumers in Ireland: defensive localisms, sustainability and reflexivity
(2013-09-30)
Food is arguably the best example of the interaction between nature and society, fitting squarely in the jurisdiction of human geography topics which include sustainability, consumption, political economy, culture, ...
'Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin' / 'There's no place like home' A mixed methods exploratory study of ageing in place
(2014-06-06)
Background
Ageing in place refers to the practice of older adults continuing to live in their own homes. Existing research has highlighted both the importance and complexity of ageing in place for older people, however ...