• Missale Vetus:liturgy, palaeography and repertories in the notated missal EXcl 3515 

  Mannion, Anne (University of Limerick, 2012)

  EXcl 3515 is a notated missal located in Exeter Cathedral. To date, it has received very little attention from chant scholars. This neglect is due possibly to the absence of a liturgical Kalendar and evidence of local ...
• A corpus-based lexico-grammatical analysis of the Limerick corpus of Irish English (L-CIE) : some nominal and verbal features 

  Forde, Kieran (University of Limerick, 2005)

  This study proposes to use a corpus-based approach to identify and evaluate some of the discrete features of spoken Southern Irish English. The features to be analysed were chosen on the basis that they were identified ...
• Phrased notation and renaissance polyphony: exploring a new solution to an old problem. An arts practice exploration of a modified music notation system, drawing on Irish based renaissance sources 

  O'Carroll, Kevin Fintan (University of Limerick, 2017)

  A 1984 performance of Sicut Cervus by Palestrina raised in this writer’s mind questions regarding the performance of Renaissance polyphony by non-specialist choirs. The initial questions developed into one which asked ...
• 'Déanta I nÉirinn': the reconstruction of Irish stereotypes, 1888-1914 

  O'Connor, John Philip (Univeristy of Limerick, 2012)

  This thesis shows how the synthesis between model Irish villages and picture postcards led to a reconstruction of Irish stereotypes on ephemera and commercial goods between 1888 and 1914. During this period Ireland became ...
• Bridging horizons: embodied cultural knowledge through the development and presentation of ethio-modern dance 

  Courtney, Michael William Lucas (RAS Mikey C) (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This practice-led research explores Ethio-Modern Dance as a movement concept and as a medium for cultural knowledge exchange. By using artistic practice as the primary method of investigation the author analyses the ...
• Effects of cooperative learning on student teachers’ communicative competence in Indonesia 

  Prastyo, Yanuar (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Cooperative learning is one of the instructional methodologies which have gained international attention in the globalization era. The approach has been found to be highly successful with over 900 research studies pointing ...
• Reflections of Brazilian English language teacher educators: a discourse analysis of introspective and collaborative approaches to professional awareness 

  Carvalho, Vera Lucia Lima (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Conforming to the idea that reflective practice (RP) should be based on the premises of social learning, the present study relies heavily on the power of collaboration to provide support for more introspective forms of ...
• The target English/es used by EFL teachers from Ireland: current trends and perspectives 

  Farrell, Angela (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This research is undertaken against the backdrop of changing trends and perspectives surrounding spoken English, and growing calls for target model reform in the English language teaching (ELT) world. Its primary aim is ...
• Social media and the Arab revolutions: a comparative case study of the role of social media in political participation among Egyptian students between 2011 and 2013 

  Althagafi, Ibrahim (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The present study aims at identifying and monitoring the roles, which social media played during the revolutions of the Arab countries, particularly the Egyptian revolutions in both 2011 and 2013. It later attempts to ...
• Investigating the pedagogical impact of E-learning management systems (system design and user interface):an empirical study of two third level university institutions 

  Aljuhney, Yasser Sugeer (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The main problem this study addresses involves a lack of knowledge about precisely how much of an impact the design and user interface of learning management systems (LMSs) like Blackboard or Sulis may have on the pedagogical ...
• Reclaiming the mongrel: a practice based exploration of Irish and Indian musical sympathies 

  Noone, Matthew James (University of Limerick, 2016)

  This research is an interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between Irish Traditional and North Indian Classical music. It is an attempt to explore, in both a rigorous academic manner and through professional ...
• Code-mixing and context: a Corca Dhuibhne case study 

  Darcy, Guinevere (University of Limerick, 2014)

  In the current language dynamic of Ireland, the number of L1 speakers of Irish within the Gaeltacht areas is diminishing. The home language of the Gaeltacht is gradually shifting towards Irish-English bilingualism, and ...
• Folk music in the German Democratic Republic: exploring lived musical experience and post-war German folk music discourses 

  Morgenstern, Felix (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Following the drastic co-option of German folk music in the ideological service of the Nazi regime during the Third Reich (1933-1945), the genre’s performative practice was left highly marginalised. Confronted with this ...
• A singing space: re-contextualizing tradition 

  Dike, Carolyn Louise (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Traditional singers in Ireland today gather in singing sessions to share traditional songs. A significant number of individuals involved in traditional singing in Ireland have expressed concern about the sustainability of ...
• The legislative influence of the committee of the regions in EU decision-making 

  Lasuen, Arantza (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This research is about the Committee of the Regions advisory role and the influence of its Opinion in the EU’s decision-making process, particularly in the co-decision procedure. For this purpose, this study attempts to ...
• Parish pedagogies: an analysis of Irish pre-school practice using the early childhood environmental rating scales 

  Neylon, Gerardine (University of Limerick, 2011)

  This research applies the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales/Revised and the Extension four Curricular Subscales (ECERS/R/E) in a systematic way to measure standards of pre-school provision in Ireland. This ...
• Aspects of organ-building in Ireland in the nineteenth century, referencing White, Telford, and post-emancipation choral practice 

  McKeever, Alexis Paul (Univeristy of Limerick, 2012)

  This thesis is the first to combine organology, musicology, history and ethnography in a comprehensive study focusing on Irish organ-building. Chapter One commences with an extensive historical survey of Irish organ-building. ...
• Deepening participation, deepening local democracy? The state of local participatory governance in Ireland 

  Finn, Cian (University of Limerick, 2017)

  In response to a decline in traditional forms of political participation and growing dissatisfaction with and distrust of democratic and public institutions, public authorities have engaged or have been required to engage ...
• Idé-eolaíocht agus Daonteangeolaíocht na Gaeilge: aird ar éagsúlacht teanga na Gaeilge 

  Ó Murchadha, Noel (University of Limerick, 2012)

  Bíodh is go bhfuil aitheantas follasach ag urlabhra thraidisiúnta na Gaeltachta mar mhúnla teanga don Ghaeilge ón uair a bunaíodh Conradh na Gaeilge i leith, is beag iniúchadh a deineadh ó shin ar inghlacthacht an mhúnla ...
• Maypole dancing and other body movements in a neo-pagan Bealtaine ritual in Ireland 

  Camillo, Ana Paula (University of Limerick, 2016)

  Maypole Dancing and Other Body Movements in a Neo-Pagan Bealtaine Ritual in Ireland This thesis examines the role of dance and body movements within a specific Pagan ritual in present day Ireland, namely Bealtaine. The ...

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