School of Histories and Humanities: Recent submissions
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The philosopy of the bomb : the Fenian dynamite campaign and the British counter response 1876-1885
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2011)[Excerpt from page nine] It will be argued in this thesis that this pervading political grievance was representative of what Thomas Brown has found to be ‘a fierce nationalism ,’ conditioned by a peculiar juxtaposition of ... -
Commerce and the Celtic Revival : the history of the Irish facsimile industry, 1840-1940
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2013)Broadly speaking, this thesis has demonstrated that as a category facsimiles of Irish archaeological jewellery and metalwork are not merely derivative works, but have aesthetic and cultural value worthy of a devoted study. ... -
The life of William Bulfin 1863-1910
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2011)In examining the life of William Bulfin, this study relied on three major sources; Bulfin’s journalistic writings, his literary works and his correspondence. These sources proved essential, in exploring the evolution of ... -
Universities and the Great War : Britain, France, and the United States of America, 1914-1931
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2012)This thesis analyses the contribution of universities and university academics to the prosecution of the First World War in Britain, France, and the United States of America. It takes three primary case studies - the ... -
Official Propaganda in the Irish Free State
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2012)This thesis examines official propaganda in the Irish Free State. It takes the perspective that propaganda helped build the state and had a beneficial purpose. This differs from traditional views of state propaganda in ... -
The political influence of the Cromwellian army in Ireland, 1649-1659
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2013)This thesis examines the political role of the Cromwellian army in Ireland during the interregnum of 1649 to 1660. Despite the importance of this institution, it has received relatively little treatment in the historiography, ... -
Crown and community on the royal manors of the Liffey valley
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)This thesis investigates the relationship between the English crown and the four royal manors of Crumlin, Esker, Saggart and Newcastle Lyons in the later Middle Ages. These manors were situated in south County Dublin and ... -
Art and devotions to the Passion of Christ in Ireland, 1450-1650
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2012)Passion devotion was an important element of the spiritual lives of the Irish Catholics who lived between the years 1450 and 1650. This interdisciplinary study explores the possible interpretations and uses of devotional ... -
Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2013)The only extant work of Colluthus, an Egyptian epic poet from the late fifth century AD, is an epyllion in 394 hexameters entitled The Abduction of Helen. His poem has been interpreted as a product of late antique rhetorical ... -
Gaelicisation and identity in the 'four obedient shires' of Ireland, 1399-1534
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2011)This thesis examines gaelicisation in the ‘four obedient shires’ of the English colony in Ireland from 1399-1543. This region was thought of by contemporaries, and subsequently has been treated by historians, as the most ... -
The ringwork castles of medieval Leinster and Meath
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2011)The aim of this thesis is to examine the evidence for ringwork castles in the medieval territories of Leinster and Meath and their place in the wider context of British and European castle studies. The ringwork castle is ... -
Funeral customs in nineteenth century Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2012)The first part of the thesis is dedicated to the funeral customs of the lower classes. Chapter one analyzes the ‘merry wake’ through a wide arrange of memorials and contemporary sources, stressing the importance of its ... -
Natural outpost to Britain's defences : a study of the Irish Treaty Ports 1914-1945
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2013)The thesis is a general profile of the ports in the period from the beginning ot the First World War to the end of the Second World War, under a number of headings, but it retains the ports as the central topic. The seven ... -
The discourse of political freedom in ancient Greek historiograpy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2012)This thesis examines the discourse of political freedom in ancient Greek historical texts. In Chapter One, I examine evidence for 'freedom' from the Near East and Greece before the outbreak of the Persian Wars. Although ... -
Enforcing silence : United Ireland, the Irish nationalist press and British governance, 1881-1891
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2012)This thesis studies the impact of a vibrant and assertive nationalist press on the Irish policies of the Liberal government of William E. Gladstone and the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury during the agrarian ... -
The play of intellect : an assessment of the aesthetics of Platonic dialectic through Gadamerian hermeneutics
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2009)This thesis argues for an inherently aesthetic structure to the Platonic method of dialectic. This is carried out using a two-tiered incorporation of the hermeneutic philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer. In the first instance ... -
The ghost of Brennus
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2011)In this dissertation, I trace the origin and the evolution of the use of terms like "Kελτοι" and "Γαλαται" in Greek ethnographic and/or historical texts from the works of Herodotus and Hecataeus into the Roman period. More ...
