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The Archaeology of Aran
(Tír Eolas, Kinvara, 1994)The Book of Aran contains chapters on the geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, history and culture of the three Aran Islands, Inis Mór, Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr. Chapter 5 is a detailed account of the islands' archaeology ... -
Low growth, falling competitiveness and high unemployment as Europe approaches the 21st century
(De Gruyter Open, 1994)The European Council, at its meeting in Copenhagen in June 1993, reaffirmed the growth initiatives endorsed in Edinburgh the previous December and at the ECOFIN meeting in April 1993. The conclusions of the European Council ... -
The ideology of population control in the UN draft plan for Cairo
(Springer, 1994-09)This paper examines the influence of population control ideology on the draft plan for the UN Cairo Conference on Population and Development. It is argued that this draft plan can only be fully understood in the context ... -
Irish short films: essential indigenous productions
(ROPES: Review Of Postgraduate Studies, 1995)Since the emergence of an Irish cinema of national questioning in the mid-1970s, short films have played an important role in Irish film culture. Not only did they offer Irish filmmakers an opportunity to learn their trade ... -
Raffin Fort, Co Meath: Neolithic and Bronze Age activity
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Military participation and moral authority: women's political participation in Nicaragua, 1975-1995
(Women's Studies Centre, University College Galway, 1995)The growth of a dynamic and assertive constituency of women in Nicaragua is inseparable from the most recent phase of 'Sandinismo' in Nicaraguan history. An examination of the complex and ever-changing relationship between ... -
Gender and the Discourse of Young Ireland Nationalism
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The manufacture of the decorated macehead from Knowth, county Meath
(Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1995)[No abstract available] -
Economic well-being in the Ballymote rural area: myth and reality
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1996)Despite the many negative indicators such as falling population and high emigration which are characteristic of the Northwest, the town of Ballymote appears to be booming. In explaining this apparent contradiction, ... -
Reading Lessons: Famine and The Nation 1845-49
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Ballinderry Crannóg No. 2, Co. Offaly: the Later Bronze Age
(Wordwell Limited in association with the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, 1997)A reconsideration of the later Bronze Age horizon at Ballinderry No. 2 where the Harvard Archaeological Mission uncovered a substantial rectangular wooden building. A case is made for the former existence of a second such ... -
The moral dimension of third world development
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1997)The 1987 Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, Solicitudo Rei Socialis is a most remarkable statement on the problem of development, particularly in relation to the Third World. While following the tradition of the social ... -
A panoramic view from the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath.
(Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1997)[No abstract available] -
Traditional song in Ireland: living fossil or dynamic resource
(Festival 500 Sharing the voices, 1997)When I submitted the abstract of this paper, I did not realize that the late Frank Harrison used almost exactly the same title in an 6 Riada memorial lecture at University College Cork, Ireland some years ago (Harrison, ... -
Single women in Ireland: a re-examination of the sociological evidence
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Women in Irish society: Introduction
(Beyond the Pale Publications, 1997)This text contains 28 chapters on gender-based social science research in Ireland from a feminist perspective. Accompanied by introductions by the authors, sections include Women, Power and Politics; Hidden Lives; Rural ... -
Reconsidering the exclusion of metaphysics in human geography
(Fabrizio Serra Editore, 1997-05)From its beginning as a systematic branch of knowledge, human geography was strongly influenced by developments in the other branches of the social sciences. Once a predominantly descriptive and ideographic discipline, ... -
'Oweynagat', Rathcroghan, Co, Roscommon, and associated karst features
(Speleological Union of Ireland, 1997-11)[No abstract available] -
The Role of Government
(Ashgate, 1998)