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The making of “a product to be proud of”: an ethnographic examination of the role of the physical curriculum in the social construction of elite bodies and the social stratification of the elite educted student

Kennedy, Margaret (Univesity of Limerick, 2014)

This thesis contributes to our understanding of the social reproduction of human bodies. Where in looking beyond the body’s role as “a mere input mechanism for informations that the brain then makes sense of” this thesis ...
Mary Anne Sadlier's emigrant narratives, 1850-1870

O'Keeffe, Yvonne Michelle Mary (University of Limerick, 2013)

This thesis focuses on the life and literary works of Irish author Mary Anne Sadlier (1820-1903), specifically on her representations of the Irish diaspora in her emigrant novels in the nineteenth century. On the eve of ...
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 ...
Memoirs from below: twentieth-century narratives of the Irish in Britain

O'Keeffe, Robert (University of Limerick, 2013)

This thesis examines twentieth-century memoirs and autobiographies from Irish migrants to Britain, focusing particularly on the period 1930–1960. This time period roughly corresponds with the peak of a sustained wave of ...
The Mescher bones playing tradition : syncopations on the American landscape

Mercier, Mel (University of Limerick, 2011)

This dissertation explores the creation and transmission of the Mescher two-handed bones playing style which was first developed by the German-American farmer, Albert Mescher, in the 1920s, in Iowa, and subsequently passed ...
Mincéirs Siúladh: an ethnographic study of young Travellers’ experiences of racism in an Irish city

Joyce, Sindy (University of Limerick, 2018)

This thesis is an ethnography of how young Travellers experience and negotiate urban space in the city of Galway, Ireland. This research builds upon the understanding that our relationships to space are mediated through ...
Minority language television as a mechanism of language policy: a comparative study of the Irish and Basque sociolinguistic contexts

Moriarty, Máiréad (University of Limerick, 2007)

The present study brings together the disciplines of sociolinguistics and media studies. In recent years, the availability of media in minority languages has become an area subject to some research within the area of ...
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 ...
Multi-agency collaboration in local governace: partnership or pragmatism? An exploratory case study

Cunneen, Jacinta Mary (University of Limerick, 2012)

Policy makers everywhere are confronted by complex problems and public agencies strive to find effective solutions in a context of dwindling resources and increased demands. This study examines how a partnership, among ...
A musical exploration of the Sabbath morning service in Dublin's orthodox Jewish community

Brown, Melanie (University of Limerick, 2012)

The Jewish community of Dublin has been in existence for 400 years. Nowadays, many Dublin Jews are descended from Lithuanians who settled in Dublin at the turn of the twentieth century. Most Dublin Jews are integrated into ...
Native and non-native speaker English language teachers in an EFL context: a study of teachers' self-perception, students' attitudes, and institutional regulations in Libya

Elkbuli, Ahmed Lotfi Moh (University of Limerick, 2018)

The main aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of Libyan students towards Native and Non-native English language teachers in an EFL context, teachers‘ self-perceptions in relation to their teaching abilities, ...
The neoliberal gospel : an examination of global Christian social forces in relation to states, societies, markets, and the production of global neoliberal hegemony

Murray, Kyle (University of Limerick, 2011)

This dissertation analyses specific transnational Christian social forces in relation to states, societies, and markets. It is argued here that Pentecostal, charismatic, and fundamentalist Christian institutions and ...
The neoliberalisation of cultural production: an ethnography of professional Irish traditional music

O'Brien Bernini, Leah Marie (University of Limerick, 2016)

Through the theoretical lenses of agency, autonomy, resistance, and resilience, this ethnographic study reveals how professional musicians and cultural workers experience the neoliberalisation of cultural production in ...
Nou Estat d’Europa: globalisation, language and identity in Catalonia: a contemporary perspective

Byrne, Steven (University of Limerick, 2019)

The processes associated with globalisation have seen Catalonia become an ethnolinguistically diverse region. Additionally, a vibrant civic and political movement for an independent Catalonia has brought a renewed urgency ...
An opportunity lost: the entrenchment of Sinhalese nationalism in post-war Sri Lanka

Gaul, Anne (University of Limerick, 2016)

This research studies the trajectory of Sinhalese nationalism during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa from 2005 to 2015. The role of nationalism in the protracted conflict between Sinhalese and Tamils is well understood, ...
Overcoming boundaries? questions of identity in the experience of German-speaking exiles in Ireland 1933–45

Schulz, Birte V. (University of Limerick, 2020)

Between 1933 and 1945 a relatively small number of people fled Nazi Germany and made their homes in Ireland. The oral and written testimonies collected and analysed here trace the physical and psychological journey of ...
The paradox of the periphery: evolution of the Cape Breton fiddle tradition c1928 - 1995

Doherty, Elizabeth, Anne (University of Limerick, 1996)

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the evolution of the Cape Breton fiddle tradition, a process which I believe can be reasonably considered to have started in the early decades of this century. The Scottish element ...
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 ...
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 ...
Policing 'wayward' youth: law, society and youth criminality in Berlin, 1939-1953

Meeres, David (University of Limerick, 2014)

The thesis is at once a legal, social, and everyday history of youth crime in Germany between 1939 and 1953. Its overarching tenet is that the so-‐called Zero Hour of 8 May 1945 as a s ...

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