This community contains research theses submitted by graduates of Trinity College Dublin.

In 2016 the Library embarked on a large digitisation project of PhD theses (selected from date range 2000-2015) and will be uploading more than 2,000 as open access e-theses later in 2016.

Graduates if you wish for your thesis to be included in TARA, First check if your thesis has been selected for scanning in 2016. If you are not on the 2016 scan list but would like to contribute a pdf copy of your thesis, we would love to hear from you!

Please email us at Rssadmin@tcd.ie


From September 2016 onwards an eTheses submission system will be implemented College-wide for all Schools and all research theses.

TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) has a robust takedown policy. If you have concerns about having your thesis available on the Internet

Please email us at Rssadmin@tcd.ie

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Recent Submissions

  • The Horizontal Effect of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights in EU Labour Law 

    Pahlen, Thomas Julius (Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2024)
    In 2018, in Bauer and Broßonn, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that a worker can enforce the right to paid annual leave against his or her employer based on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of ...
  • Mechanical Characterisation of Printed Nanosheet Network Thin Films 

    Sinnott, Aaron (Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2024)
    The response of materials to applied stress and the resulting deformation is a fundamental cornerstone of condensed matter physics and materials research. From exciting new prospects such as the conductive nanosheet ...
  • Silhouettes in a City: Women, Work and Welfare in Dublin, c. 1890- 1930s 

    Frehill, Olivia Anne (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)
    This thesis investigates the position of women workers in Dublin in the period c. 1890-1930s. It focuses on women as employees in paid employment, rather than as business owners, self-employed innovators, house workers, ...
  • The lived experience of teachers working inclusively in the modern classroom, a systemic approach 

    Hogan, Richard (Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)
    Inclusive education is well documented in the literature and in today’s educational settings, all schools are required to drafted inclusive policies. However, historically speaking, inclusive education referred only to ...
  • The Medicalisation of Death in a Dublin City Workhouse, 1872-1920 

    Zimmerman, Shelby Beth (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)
    This thesis examines the role the South Dublin Union (SDU) workhouse played in Dublin's medical landscape for the sick and dying poor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries during periods of normal operation. ...

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