Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Irelands’ hidden pharmacy: Marine biodiscovery applied to deep-sea sponges and corals
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-08)Natural products have provided over 60% of our medicines to date, but their search has focused on easy to access habitats, leaving the marine realm underexplored. The deep-sea, which is the world’s largest biome and ... -
Ireland’s agri-food and drink sector: The correlation between eWOM initiatives and employee brand advocacy
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-20)The Irish agri-food and drink sector has a rich heritage. It is Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, employing 8.4% of the working population and generating an annual turnover of €27.5bn. SMEs within the sector use social ... -
Irish and Roman relations: A comparative analysis of the evidence for exchange, acculturation and clientship from Southeast Ireland
(2013-12-20)My research presents a study of Roman finds from the Southeast of Ireland, with specific emphasis placed on the use and meaning of these artefacts in their local Irish contexts. These objects must be understood not just ... -
Irish exchange rates 1698–1826: credit, market integration, and international trade
(NUI Galway, 2021-11-10)This thesis is a study of the operation, evolution, and consequences of Irish pound exchange rates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I present a novel database of Irish pound exchange rates with sterling, for ... -
Irish farm succession and inheritance; an examination of farmers’ economic decision-making strategies as socially-constructed risk assessment
(NUI Galway, 2019-03-28)Intergenerational farm transfer is increasingly viewed as fundamental to the sustainability and development of global agriculture, with an expectation that younger farmers, with more effective and efficient production ... -
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 macroalgae as feed supplements in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Safety, viability, quality, and economic feasibility
(2017-02-24)The increase in global food demand coupled with competition for arable land use has led to substantial growth in the aquaculture industry, and in particular, finfish farming. Consequently, farming of species such as ... -
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 Migration to Cuba, 1835-1845: Empire, Ethnicity, Slavery and 'Free' Labour
(2012-03-16)This interdisciplinary thesis examines and critically analyses previously unexplored materials relating to Irish transient labour in Cuba from 1835-1845. Sociological theory and historical analysis are applied to archival ... -
Irish mothers, separation and divorce an exploratory study: examining experiences, services and policy
(2015-09-30)Lone parent families are not a homogenous group rather this family form is varied and despite the vast array of research into the lives and experiences of lone parents in Ireland, there is a dearth of information on ... -
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 responses to Fascist Italy, 1919-1932
(2013-01-07)This project assesses the impact of the first fascist power, its ethos and propaganda, on key constituencies of opinion in the Irish Free State. Accordingly, it explores the attitudes, views and concerns expressed by members ... -
Irish seagrass ecology and habitat mapping in the context of climate change
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-28)Seagrasses play an important ecological role worldwide, providing numerous ecosystems services. Zostera marina is a dominant meadow-forming seagrass in temperate regions in the northern hemisphere, including Irish coasts. ... -
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 ... -
The Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and the labour press in Ireland, 1909-1920
(2017-10-04)Officially launched by iconic labour leader James Larkin in January 1909, the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU) quickly became the largest trade union in Ireland and a key institution in the country’s ... -
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. ... -
Isolation and characterisation of immune modulatory extracellular vesicles from CD362-selected human umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-28)Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) exert numerous therapeutic effects, including immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects in vitro and in vivo, which are being explored as a treatment for many unmet medical needs. These ... -
Isolation and characterisation of novel stromal cell populations from human bone marrow
(2012-11-13)Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold great promise for application in the field of regenerative medicine due to their multipotent capacity and immuno-regulatory potential. Paramount to their implementation in the clinic is ...