Browsing NUI Galway Theses by Subject "History"
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Bede's plures de Scottorum regione: The Irish in the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
(2013-05-09)The Irish are an integral element of the Venerable Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum as missionaries, teachers, and as Christian models. The Columban mission to Northumbria, in particular, was essential to the ... -
A close reading of the direct speech element in Robert the Monk’s 'Historia Hierosolimitana' as an alternative method for its historical analysis
(2017-01-18)This thesis is an examination of direct speech in Robert the Monk’s Historia Hierosolimitana, an early twelfth-century history of the expedition now known as the First Crusade (1096-1099). It examines most of the main ... -
Criminal children in post-Famine Connacht: Poverty, crime and punishment, with a particular focus on the period 1854-1870
(2012-09-21)This study examines the extent and nature of juvenile crime in Connacht from 1854 to 1884, and looks at how poor and criminal children were treated in the west of Ireland in this period. Most studies of juvenile crime in ... -
The endgame of treason: Suppressing rebellion and usurpation in the late roman empire AD 397-411
(2014-08-15)This thesis examines how rebellion, usurpation and conspiracy to usurp imperial power (all crimes of high treason) were suppressed by the state during the Late Empire, with a particular focus on the years 397-411, during ... -
Fidelity to founder under the Bourbon régime: the Congregation of the Mission, 1660-1736.
(2012-09-18)On 27 September 1660, the famous French reformer Vincent de Paul died. With his demise the institute of missionaries he founded and led for thirty five years, the Congregation of the Mission, was without its steward and ... -
From Connemara to Minnesota: The Nugent Emigration Scheme, 1880
(2016-05-10)Abstract This study examines an assisted emigration scheme undertaken by Father James Nugent of Liverpool in June 1880. With the support of Bishop John Ireland of St Paul, Minnesota, Nugent transferred thirty-five destitute ... -
From Gaelic lordships to English counties: the Tudor transition in Leix and Offaly, c.1547-1603
(NUI Galway, 2018-05-29)This study evaluates whether or not successive Tudor regimes effectively transformed the Gaelic lordships of Leix and Offaly into English counties and as a direct consequence, administered these territories through the ... -
Ghost Dances and Ring Shouts: Lakota and Gullah Nineteenth Century Musical Traditions in Comparative Perspective
(2014-03-04)During the nineteenth century, as the United States established itself as a nation and expanded its territory, the cultures of Native Americans and African Americans went through a period of profound change. The Lakota, a ... -
The Irish Folklore Commission Questionnaire System, 1936-1945
(2015-12-02)This project examines the importance of the forty-nine questionnaires issued between 1935 and 1945 by the Irish Folklore Commission. The Irish questionnaire system was modelled on the use of the collecting tool in Scandinavian ... -
Irish immigrants in the Rural U.S. Slave South
(2015-09-16)This dissertation investigates the Irish immigrant experience in the rural areas of the U.S. slave South before the American Civil War. Specifically, it focuses on the analysis of the Irish immigrants' involvement with ... -
Irish Medical Women c.1880s-1920s: the origins, education and careers of early women medical graduates from Irish institutions
(2010)This thesis examines the history of women in medicine in Ireland from the 1880s to the 1920s. It argues that Irish institutions in the period demonstrated more favourable attitudes than their British counterparts towards ... -
Irish perceptions of national identity in Austria-Hungary and its small successor states, 1914-1945
(2015-09-28)This thesis sets out to explore Irish perceptions of and connections with the Dual Monarchy and its successor states, spanning from 1914 until 1945, with the intention of demonstrating the significance of small nations in ... -
Irish planters, Atlantic merchants: the development of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, 1750-1766
(2011-05)The West Indian island of St. Croix became a colony of the Kingdom of DenmarkNorway in 1733.1 Despite this, it remained undeveloped until the late 1740s when investment in the large-scale production of sugarcane began in ... -
Irish soldiers in Risorgimento Italy and Civil War America: Nineteenth-century Irish nation-building in transnational and comparative perspective
(2018-01-18)This study investigates Irishmen who served as soldiers in the Italian Risorgimento and the American Civil War, and their role in Irish nation-building in the mid-nineteenth century. In the first section, the main focus ... -
James Larkin and the British, American and Irish Free State Intelligence Services: 1914-1924
(2016-02)This thesis takes the form of a case study and is an investigation of the activities of James Larkin between October 1914 and June 1924. It is an analysis of how capitalist states dealt with Larkin in the context of his ... -
The legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-49
(2016)This study provides the first detailed analysis of the influence and persistence of Irish Party individuals, organisations and political culture in independent Ireland (1922-49). While many former followers remained ... -
Lords of land and labour: a comparison of Antebellum Mississippi's John A. Quitman and Nineteenth-Century Ireland's Lord Clonbrock
(2015-12-17)This study investigates similarities, differences, and connections between antebellum U.S. Southern slaveholders and nineteenth-century Irish landowners. In particular, it focuses on the comparison of Mississippi’s John ... -
Nurses and midwives in the state sector in Galway
(2014-08-29)Abstract Much has been written about the early years of nursing and the emergence of nursing as a profession. This study continues the story of nursing and midwifery after registration and on into Ireland in the ... -
The printed ballad in Ireland: a guide to the popular printing of songs in Ireland 1760-1920
(2006-02-01)This thesis is concerned with the survival, influence and scholarly use of songs printed cheaply in Ireland, from the beginnings of the trade in the middle 18th century until its decline in the early 20th. It aims to make ... -
Promoting 'English Civility' in Tudor Ireland: ideology and the rhetoric of difference
(2016-09-27)This study deals with the concept of ‘English civility’ as the ideology behind Tudor endeavours in sixteenth-century Ireland. While this phenomenon found frequent mention by scholars on Tudor Ireland in the form of an ...