Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Cronin, Nessa"
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Coming 'Home': place, belonging and second-generation return migration from England to Ireland
Hannafin, Sara (NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)This thesis contributes to the growing academic interest in the second-generation of migrants and the connections they maintain with their parental places of origin. It focuses on the children of the Irish emigrants to ... -
Landscape legacies: the renegotiation of the Irish west in contemporary visual culture
Kraft, Jeannine (NUI Galway, 2019-02-21)This thesis examines the cultural legacy of the landscape of the West of Ireland and its lasting impact on the contemporary visualization of the region. Through a critical examination of the historic underpinning and ... -
“On the Wisp” Rethinking birthplace in Ireland for a more-than-human world
Hynan, Martina (NUI Galway, 2024-02-21)At the beginning of the twentieth century, most Irish people’s birthplace was synonymous with their homeplace. However, by the end of the century, 99% of all Irish births occurred in hospital settings. In that time there ... -
The visual culture of the Franklin search expeditions to the Arctic (1848-55)
O'Dochartaigh, Eavan (2018-02-22)This thesis examines the visual representation of the Canadian Arctic and adjacent regions during the period of the Franklin search expeditions from 1848 to 1855. The study traverses the disciplines of literature, visual ...