Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Irish literature"
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The heroic biography of Fergus Mac Róich. A case study of the heroic-biographical pattern in Old and Middle Irish literature
(2015-12-04)The heroic-biographical pattern has been investigated for other heroes of medieval Irish literature such as Cú Chulainn and Cormac mac Airt, but not much scholarship has been devoted to either the investigation of the ... -
Irish Travellers: An Exploration in Criticism and Fiction
(2012-09-28)This dissertation examines the construction of the Irish Traveller character in fiction. Traveller marginalisation has been perpetuated in literature through stereotypical representation and subjugation of their world-view. ...