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Welcome Message from the Dean of Arts
The College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies welcomes students whose academic interests include such fields of human activity as languages, literatures, philosophy, historical, legal, social, behavioural and mathematical sciences. Teaching and learning in the College are designed to develop in students strong capacities for critical analysis, an ability to assess evidence and probabilities, and confidence in the solving of problems. At the same time students of the College are encouraged to develop important communicative skills, such as the command of foreign languages and of information technology, and a greater proficiency in writing and speaking.
The College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies is the largest in the University, with over 6400 students engaged in learning and in research. These include a growing number of overseas students, mainly from North America and Europe. The College also welcomes a significant proportion of mature students and provides many avenues of full-time and part-time study to lifelong learners. There is no simple rule to determine whether a person should enrol as a student in Arts.
Potential students should consider their interest in and also their aptitude for one or more of the disciplines offered by the College. It is important to have a good command of Irish or English, both written and spoken, and to have acquired the habit of reading.
Arts students must be prepared to explore a topic, to consider the informed views of others who have written on it, and finally to form and to communicate their own opinions and judgement.
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Recent Submissions
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Consuming distance or (all) consuming work? The case of telework
(Routledge, 2014)The reality of anthropogenic climate change and the consequences for society and environment is of growing concern to many worldwide. Sustainable Development - development which addresses existing human needs while ... -
'No Good Days But The Present Ones?' Readers' Letters to Woman's Way 1963-69
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Career motivations of student teachers in the Republic of Ireland: continuity and change during educational reform and 'Boom to Bust' economic times
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-08-31)[No abstract available] -
Emotional eating: feeding and fearing feelings - what psychologists need to know
(The Psychological Society of Ireland, 2017-06)This article reviews the psychological theories of emotional eating and introduces to a little known model, Affect Phobia, which combines both learning and psychodynamic theory -
‘Harry Potter is funny’. The tricky task of translating humour and character voices into Spanish
(Association for Language Learming, 2012-05-04)In 2003 the highlight of the International Federation of Translators conference was their UNESCO Literary Translators Committee Round Table devoted to the translators of J.K. Rowling’s work as contributors to her popularity. ... -
Ireland and Biafra: hunger, history, politics and public opinion
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The moral dimension of third world development
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1997)The 1987 Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, Solicitudo Rei Socialis is a most remarkable statement on the problem of development, particularly in relation to the Third World. While following the tradition of the social ... -
Economic well-being in the Ballymote rural area: myth and reality
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1996)Despite the many negative indicators such as falling population and high emigration which are characteristic of the Northwest, the town of Ballymote appears to be booming. In explaining this apparent contradiction, ... -
Impact of crime on the rural elderly
(Irish Medical Organisation, 1990-03)Two hundred and seven persons over 65 years of age were interviewed to determine the impact of crime on their lives. The setting was during a much publicised series of assaults on the rural elderly in their homes. Seventy ... -
Placenames database of Ireland: Bunachar logainmneacha na hÉireann
(County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, 2009)The purpose of this article is to give a brief overview of the online Placenames Database of Ireland (www.logainm.ie). This article will also examine the relevance and importance of this database in relation to research ... -
“If Irish cinema is going to be really great it has to stop worrying too much about being ‘Irish cinema’”: Q & A with Lenny Abrahamson and Mark O’Halloran
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Fortification in the North (1200 -1600)
(Aarhus University Press, 2011-11)This paper looks at different types of fortification used across north-west Europe between the twelfth and arly seventeenth centuries. These incude castles, town walls, artillery fortifications, linear fortifications, ... -
A portrait of the citizen as artist: Community arts, devising and contemporary Irish theatre practice
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Solidarity, equity and rights-based to health provision
(Commonwealth Secretariat, 2015)This brief contribution addresses the central, but neglected principle of solidarity in universal health coverage reforms. Solidarity is the key to understanding rights-based approaches to health, while ensuring a good fit ... -
Dancing on a one-way street: Irish reactions to Dancing at Lughnasa in New York
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Re-imagining Ireland, occupying Iraq: Colin Teevan's How Many Miles to Basra
(Debrecen University Press, 2011)[No abstract available] -
Ó chroí amach: ceist na haéistéitice in amhránaíocht na Gaeilge
(Cló Iar-Chonnacht, 2002)[No abstract available]