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A Great and Sudden Change : Lord Castlereagh, economic reform, and the transformation of post-Napoleonic politics
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2014)
Utilizing a political history approach, this thesis presents an account of two distinct, but interrelated narratives of change. Firstly, it presents Castlereagh’s political thought as a process, and seeks to present ...
For class, nation, race or god? : a transatlantic history of the Irish working class movement, 1889 - 1917
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2015)
This thesis is a cultural study of the Irish working-class movement from 1889 to
1917. The aim of this thesis is to explore how transatlantic networks shaped the way the
Irish working-class movement crafted its vision of ...
Defend-protect-support : the evolution of the Irish Military 1956-1978
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2014)
This thesis is a study of the evolution of Irish Defence Forces from the period 1956 until 1978. The Coxian approach was used to provide a conceptual framework. Coxian historicism questions how the prevailing system developed ...
Famine evictions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)
This thesis addresses the subject of famine evictions using a diverse range of sources and methodologies. Archival sources such as the files of the Chief Secretary of Ireland's office, registered papers and ejectment books ...
The evolving character of the French Reformed Movement, c.1555 - c.1572
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)
Interrogation, ill-treatment and intelligence : Northern Ireland, 1971-78
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)
Drawing extensively upon archival material, complemented by official reports, legal documents and secondary sources from a range of disciplines, this thesis examines the origins, nature, and outcomes of the alleged systematic ...
The establishment of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, 1936 - 1948
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)
This thesis investigates the establishment of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and its three schools in the period 1936 to 1948. The initial two Schools of Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies were ...
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 ...
Irish republicanism and the Cold War : Western geo-political state perspectives on crises in Ireland, 1962-1976
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2011)
This is a study of state perceptions of subversion in Ireland before and during the Northern Ireland Troubles. The thesis explores the international dimension to the Troubles in the context of the Cold War and the evolution ...
From hovels to homes : the provision of public housing in Irish provinicial towns, 1890 - 1945
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)
In the mid-1940s a quarter of all private dwellings in Irish provincial towns had been built by their local councils in the preceding fifty years. In comparative terms this represented a high level of state involvement in ...