Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD 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 ... -
The British Empire’s southern Dominions and the emergence of the League of Nations “C” mandates, 1914–1926: Origins, administration and international oversight
(NUI Galway, 2020-04-30)This thesis examines the impacts of changing international opinion during the First World War regarding the expansion of colonial Empires, in this particular case the British Empire, and the desire to prevent annexation ... -
Built to last: The benefits and the construction of Uí Néill dynastic identity in early medieval Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-10)This project examines the benefits and the construction of ‘Dynastic Frameworks’ in Early Medieval Ireland. It does so by using the Uí Néill, a powerful Irish political group, as a case study for understanding the role ... -
Care and control: The experience of the Sisters of Mercy run Irish industrial school system, 1868-1936
(NUI Galway, 2022-09-20)This thesis is a historical investigation into the experience of the Catholic Sisters of Mercy run Irish industrial schools, from the introduction of the system in 1868 to the publication of the Cussen Report in 1936. It ... -
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 ... -
Contested space: The revolutionary intersection of land hunger, memory and social justice impulse, within a rural west of Ireland community, 1793-1925 (a North Mayo case study)
(NUI Galway, 2023-10-09)‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only of discontent, but of anger and revolt’, according to British Prime Minister David Lloyd George writing in Spring 1919. This ... -
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 ... -
Cumann na mBan in Clare, 1916-1923
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-21)Cumann na mBan was founded in 1914 as an auxiliary force to the Volunteers. However, not until recently has the true value of their activity been appreciated. The decade of centenaries saw the publication of many books ... -
The decoration of the litterae notabiliores in the Cathach of Columcille
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-02)The aim of this study is to examine the litterae notabiliores of what is known as the Cathach of Colum Cille (RIA MS. 12 R 33), the manuscript of a fragment of a psalter said to have been written in the late sixth century ... -
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 ... -
‘Every Kingdom divided against itself shall be destroyed’: Gaelic succession, overlords, uirríthe and the Nine Years’ War (1593-1603)
(NUI Galway, 2020-06-18)The late sixteenth century was a tumultuous period for Ireland. The Tudor government’s attempts to extend their authority, laws and customs into an autonomous or semi-autonomous Gaelic Ireland was met with fierce resistance ... -
Family and society in the old Irish and Anglo-Irish elite in Connaught, 1714-1914
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-07)This thesis analyses family relationships within a minority genre in Connaught, or closely associated with the province, between the years 1714 and 1914. Focussing on Catholic and Protestant, Gaelic and Anglo-Irish gentry ... -
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 Carnacon to Cape Town: An interpretive study of the transnational career of Senator Colonel Maurice Moore (1854-1939), soldier, diplomat and politician
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-31)In this thesis, the contextual, thematic, biography of Senator Colonel Maurice Moore, a Catholic member of the Irish Ascendancy is used as a prism through which to interpret and reflect on a military and political career ... -
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 ... -
Galway Grammar School, c. 1673-1958: A Foundation Institution of the Erasmus Smith Trust
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-02)This thesis is concerned with Galway Grammar School, from its opening about 1673 to its closure in 1958. It provides a broader understanding of Protestant grammar school education, particularly as it operated on the periphery ... -
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 history of labour in Limerick in the nineteenth century
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-09)While there is an increasing volume of research and publications relating to labour history in Ireland in the recent period, there is still a dearth of local labour histories since Emmet O’Connor published A Labour History ... -
Home Rule from a transnational perspective: The Irish Parliamentary Party and the United Irish League of America, 1901-1918
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-04)When John Redmond was elected chairman of the reunited Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) in 1900, he quickly identified a pressing need to re-engage Irish America. Ireland’s largest diaspora had grown weary of constitutional ...