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Women's contribution to the development of the English novel: 1621-1818
(University College Cork, 1939) MacCarthy, Bridget G.; Corkery, Daniel
Women's contribution to literature is no arbitrary or artificial distinction. However much the reformer may welcome, or the conservative lament, the growth of a harmonious sharing of ideals between men and women, that growth has been a hard-fought struggle. It has been an escape from a prison, which, when it did not entirely shut out the greater world, at least enclosed a little world of education meant for women, literature adapted to the supposed limitations of their intellect, and a course of action prescribed by the other sex. To show how the literary efforts of women developed and justified their claims to free activity is the purpose of this thesis.
Structure and Thematic Development in "Beowulf"
(Royal Irish Academy, 1967-11-30) Ó Carragáin, Éamonn
Early ecclesiastical sites in Scotland: a field survey, Part 1
(Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1968-11-30) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.; Laing, Lloyd
Early ecclesiastical sites in Scotland: a field survey, Part II
(Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1970-11-30) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.
Literary and archaeological evidence is collected together for 30 early ecclesiastical sites in Scotland north of Tay. A Pictish symbol stone from Navidale (Sutherland), a fragmentary cross-shaft from Kirkmuirhill (Lanarkshire) and a cross-slab from Dull (Perthshire) are described and discussed.
The Queen's College, Cork: its origins and early history, 1803-1858
(University College Cork, 1973) Pettit, Sean F.; McClelland, Alan
This work examines the origins and early history of the Queen's College, Cork. Designedly there is as much stress on the origins as on the early history, for it is the contention of the work that the College was something more than a legislative mushroom. It was very much in the tradition of the civic universities which added an exciting new dimension to academic life in these islands in the nineteenth century. The first chapter surveys university practice and thinking at the opening of the century, relying exclusively on published sources. The second chapter is devoted specifically to the state of learning in Cork during the period, and makes extensive use of hitherto unpublished manuscript material in relation to the Royal Cork Institution. The third chapter deals with the highly significant evidence on education embodied in the Report of the Select Committee on Irish Education of 1838. This material has not previously been published. In chapter four an extended study is made of relevant letters in the manuscript correspondence of Sir Robert Peel - even the most recent authoritative biography has ignored this material. The remaining three chapters are devoted more specifically to the College, both in the formulation or policy and in its practical working. In chapter six there is an extended survey of early College life based exclusively on hitherto unpublished manuscript material in the College Archives. All of these sources, together with incidental published material, are set out at the end of each chapter.
The central lowlands of Ireland - An empty heartland?
(The Old Athlone Society, 1973) O'Flanagan, Patrick
Excavations at Lochmaben Castle, Dumfriesshire
(Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1975-11-30) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.; Laing, Lloyd
Placenames as sources for cultural landscape studies
(Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society, 1976) O'Flanagan, Patrick
Social and political organization in Galicia - a spatial unconformity
(Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisboa, CEG-ULisboa, 1978) O'Flanagan, Patrick
Gaelic Cill (Kil(l)-) in Scottish Place-Names
(Ulster Place Name Society, 1979) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.
Some problems of policy-related attitude surveys — with examples from the Davis-Sinnott report
(Economic and Social Research Institute, 1981-10) McCullagh, Ciaran
This paper offers a criticism of some of the problems involved in policy-related attitude surveys. It argues that the assumptions made in order to generate information useful to policy-makers are difficult to defend. The four particular assumptions examined concern the nature of the problem towards which people are presumed to have attitudes, the nature of attitudes themselves, the belief that attitude research is descriptive and finally the relationship between the nature of public opinion and the choice of a research methodology. The argument is illustrated with examples from the report by Davis and Sinnott (1979) on attitudes to the Northern Ireland problem.
Land reform and rural modernization in Spain - A Galician perspective
(University of Bonn, Universität Bonn, 1982) O'Flanagan, Patrick
Zusammenfassung: Abwanderungen und die Entvölkerung des ländlichen Raumes, zunehmende Land-Stadt-Beziehungen und steigende Nachfrage nach und Preise für Agrarprodukte gehören zu den wesentlichen Antriebskräften, die das Gesicht des ländlichen Spaniens zur Zeit verändern. Die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes ist jedoch weit gehend ein ungeplanter, autonomer Prozeß, und somit sind Tempo und Art des Wandels im ländlichen Raum keineswegs gleichmäßig. Dieser Aufsatz überprüft die Wirkungen und Folgen einer geplanten Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes in Galizien vor dem Hintergrund der normativen Planziele. Die Fortschritte des Planes werden an Beispielen dargestellt und hierauf aufbauend ein allgemeiner Überblick und eine Kritik an dieser Art Planung in den übervölkerten ländlichen Gebieten Spaniens gegeben.
Caiseal, Cathair, Dùn, Lios and Ràth in Scotland , II: Rath
(Ulster Place Name Society, 1982) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.
Rural change south of the river Bride in counties Cork and Waterford: the surveyors' evidence 1716–1851
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 1982) O'Flanagan, Patrick
Estate studies in Irish historical geography have been often designed to confirm or contrast local trends of development with those previously identified at the regional or sub-regional level. To date, little attention has been awarded to estate maps in studies of rural landscape change. It is a theme of this paper that the results yielded from a careful study of such estate maps can throw light on the results of the activities of the majority of estate residents. In this regard, it is fortunate that at Lismore surveys of the estate in 1716–17 and 1773–4 have survived, and a nineteenth century dimension is added by an analysis of the Valuation Office maps for 1851. This work is focused on a study of critical indicators of change, notably leasing arrangements, farm size, rate and type of enclosure, infrastructural development and settlement growth. These changes are reviewed within the framework of the dialectic that developed between landlord or landlord-inspired management policies and the forces released locally by the vast bulk of the population. Broadly this analysis indicates some of the potential rewards which may be secured by detailed scrutiny of estate maps in conjunction with other estate records.
Settlement development and trading in Ireland, 1600-1800
(John Donald Publishers, 1983) O'Flanagan, Patrick
The significance of trading activity as a stimulus to the growth of new settlement and indeed to the expansion of existing settlement has been recognised as crucial in many societies, past and present. But in Ireland little or no attention has been paid to trading activity as a catalyst of urban or proto-urban evolution. The study of settlement form rather than of settlement function has acted as the focus of most rural settlement studies in Ireland, and hence the analysis of generative processes has been relatively neglected. Recently Irish settlement studies have become more broadly based, with a wider range of investigative approaches being applied,' and results from some of these approaches are revealing the existence of much more complex and varied conditions affecting settlement trends, with massive and profound changes even in the most recent past. Our task here in this preliminary review is relatively simple; it is to suggest that an examination of the changing patterns of market location may provide a general pointer to shifts in regional economic performance over time; secondly, we wish to make an initial exploration of the general impact of market functions on settlements themselves.
Entrepreneurship and development - an alternative perspective
(Economic and Social Research Institute, 1984-01) McCullagh, Ciaran
This paper offers an alternative to the more orthodox psychological approach to the study of entrepreneurship. It suggests that an adequate theory of entrepreneurship must consider a country's political and economic history and especially the way in which this history has structured the opportunities for economic gain open to social groups in the society. It further suggests that due to the different historical experience of underdeveloped countries, and especially international monopoly capital, these opportunities will be differently structured in such societies. Whilst the particular structure may not lead to development, it will be maintained by the class structure and political system which emerges in such societies and which may resist attempts to alter that particular structure of economic opportunities. However, while such opportunities are so structured, analysis of entrepreneurship must also consider why there might be differential response to such opportunities in a society. This, it suggests, can be explained in terms of the degree of role continuity and congruity in economic roles in the society. Consideration of both the historical and the economic role level is essential for the study of entrepreneurship.
Community policing: a critique of recent proposals
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 1985-01) McCullagh, Ciaran
In this article the proposals by the Association for Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, for a scheme of Community Policing, are outlined and discussed. Their innovatory nature is recognised but a number of problems — the notion of community which they use, difficulties in implementing such schemes and the question of whether they constitute a scheme of community policing — are considered. Finally the question is posed as to whether the Gardai could make the changes required to produce genuine community policing.
Placenames and change in the Irish landscape
(The Mercier Press, in association with Radio Telefiís Éireann, 1986) O'Flanagan, Patrick
This book had its origins in a Thomas Davis lecture series broadcast by Radió Teilifís Éireann in 1984 under the title ‘Ireland: the geographic dynamic’. Twelve speakers dealt in broad outline with the evolution of the land, countryside and urban places of Ireland from the perspective of geography. They were primarily concerned with the role of human activity in creating places within the constraints of the natural environment. Illustrations have been added to provide a reference frame for the narrative.
Notes on Scots Clachan
(Ulster Place Name Society, 1987) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.
Caiseal, Cathair, Dùn, Lios and Ràth in Scotland , 3: Lios
(Ulster Place Name Society, 1987) MacDonald, Aidan D. S.

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