Browsing by Subject "Death"
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Fios na mban. The role of women in death and burial customs in Erris in post-famine Ireland: evidence from the archive of the Irish Folklore Commission
(2016-11-16)This thesis examines the role and contributions of women to mortuary ritual in Erris in the post-Famine era. The written evidence for the project is based on the oral testaments of both women and men mainly but not exclusively ... -
In pursuit of middle knowledge: An enquiry into painting as a means of understanding the presence of death denial in social norms by providing a secular space for critical reflection on the relationship with death, dying, and the dead body
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-24)This practice-based PhD is an enquiry into painting as a means of understanding the presence of death denial in social norms by providing a secular space for critical reflection on the relationship with death, dying, and ... -
Nurses’ experience of loss on the death of older persons in long‐term residential care: findings from an interpretative phenomenological study
(Wiley, 2011-06-30)Background. Little is known of the experience of loss among nurses working with older persons in long‐stay settings. Objectives. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experience of loss among nurses ... -
'They can't wipe us out, they can't lick us. We'll go on forever pa, because we're the people' - Misrepresenting death in Jim Sheridan's In America (2003)
(2008)This paper will examine the recurring theme of death in Jim Sheridan's work, with particular focus on his 2003 film In America. This theme also links Sheridan's work to one of his favourite directors, John Ford, whose ...