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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]
Re-imagining Ireland, occupying Iraq: Colin Teevan's How Many Miles to Basra
(Debrecen University Press, 2011)
[No abstract available]
1916 and Irish literature, culture and society: an introduction
(Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2015)
1916 marked an important moment in the development of modern Ireland. The continuing resonance of the Republican Rising that took place in that year was evident in the now much quoted editorial of The Irish Times (18 Nov ...
Rindoon Castle, Co. Roscommon: a border castle on the Irish frontier.
(Publications du CRAHAM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen., 2014)
Rindoon Castle controlled and dominated one of the best harbours along the Shannon. It was argued that a pre-Norman promontory fort never existed at Rindoon. Instead, it is suggested that these earthworks represent the ...
Pre-Norman fortification in eleventh and twelfth-century Ireland
(Publications du CRAHM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen, 2012)
This paper examines the evolution of fortification in Connacht during the 11th and 12th centuries, prior to the arrival of theAnglo-Normans to Ireland in 1169. Our main argument is that Irish fortresses of the period, while ...
What's smart about working from home? Telework and the sustainable consumption of distance in Ireland
(Research-Publishing, 2013)
The use of technology is pervasive in
contemporary society transforming lives and work environments. The internet and the availability of portable
personal communication devices have resulted in immense societal change. ...
Childhood since 1740
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-04)
[No abstract available]
Parenting, poverty and the NSPCC in Ireland, 1889–1939
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
This chapter addresses a number of key questions surrounding parenting, poverty and the state in Ireland from 1889 to 1939.1 Concentrating on the period from the opening of the first Irish branch of the National Society ...
Letters to Italy: translation and religion in nineteenth-century Ireland
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
The analysis of translation activity in particular societies and contexts can often focus on published texts and literary works. In nineteenth-century Ireland, such an approach would only capture a proportion of translation ...
Governing the future: children's health and biosocial power
(Manchester University Press, 2017-05-31)
Hannah Arendt’s concept of natality spans birth and action, which combine to inaugurate the new. Natality is
used here to examine childhood as a prefigurative form of biopolitics. This concerns practices that seek ...