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Further studies in self-directed learning in physics at the University of Limerick, Ireland
(International Society for Self-Directed Learning (ISSDL), 2004)
This article reports on two SDL studies of undergraduate physics students and postgraduate science students at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Initial studies (McCauley and McClelland, 2001) indicated that the majority ...
Revealing hidden details of the ancient landscape at Newgrange, Brugh na Bóinne World Heriatge Site, Co. Meath
(Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 2009)
[No abstract available]
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 ...
The geophysial survey of the M3 toll-motorway corridor: a prelude to Tara's destruciton?
(Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 2005)
The geophysical survey of the ‘emerging preferred route’ of the M3 toll-motorway through the
Tara/Skryne valley has identified a wealth of new archaeological monuments. Still greater
numbers of sites have come to light ...
Regionalisation and Globalization in Irish Drama since 1990
(Érudit, 2006-09)
The impact of globalisation on Irish theatre since the early 1990s has been considerable. A study of four recent Irish plays, all produced by "regional" theatre companies, suggests that contemporary Irish theatre is dominated ...
Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels and anti-Irish prejudice
(Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas, 2007)
It is by now taken as axiomatic that representations of Irish characters in Victorian literature were generally negative. However, as Roy Foster shows, they were not universally so; we find one example of a positive treatment ...
Innovative initiatives: targeting the declining science enrollments in Ireland
(The New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 2006)
At the time of economic growth in Ireland, declining numbers of students enrolling in the sciences is emerging as an educational concern. Using a 2002 Government of Ireland commissioned report on science: The Task Force ...
Interpreting a cultural landscape: a case for seaweed-harvesting at Aughris, Co. Sligo
(Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI), 2007)
This paper presents archaeological, historical andfolkloric evidence for a local seaweed industry on the Aughris head land, Co. Sligo, in the modem period. It is argued that over 200 earthen enclosures dotting the <ruans> ...
Reframing Online: Ulster Loyalists Imagine an American Audience
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)
This article examines one initiative aimed at taking advantage of new technologies to build new transnational connections between a political movement in the ¿homeland¿ and a diaspora population in the United States. It ...