Browsing by Subject "Modern History, Ph.D."
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The enemy disarmed : Prisoners of war and the violence of wartime: Britain, France and Germany, 1914-1920
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2006)The First World War is not particularly renowned for the mistreatment of prisoners. Violence against prisoners of war has received little scholarly attention and the history of the prisoner experience has been neglected ... -
The government's creameries : a history of the Dairy Disposal Company, 1927-1978
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The introduction of a new organizational structure to the Irish Church (1072-1152)
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The IRA under Moss Twomey 1926-1936
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2002)This thesis is an examination of the Irish Republican Army in the post revolutionary era. Despite its defeat in the Civil War the IRA could still count its membership in several thousand by the late 1920s. It remained a ... -
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 ... -
The merchant community of Dublin in the early seventeenth century : a social, economic and political study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2008)This thesis investigates Dublin merchants in the early seventeenth century within the framework of economic, social and political changes that characterised the period. Although sources were hard to come by in some areas ... -
The operation of the Great Southern Railway during the Emergency
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2009)This thesis examines the operation of the Great Southern Railway during the Emergency period. The GSR operated all railway lines which lay wholly within Eire, together with large bus and lorry fleets. It was on the verge ... -
The origins and early development of the Pembroke estate beyond the Grand Canal 1816-1880
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2004)This thesis studies the formation and early development of tile Pembroke estate in Dublin, between the years 1816 to 1880. Previously the Fitzwilliam estate, the property was left to the Herbert family of Wilton in 1816, ... -
The role and influence of the Irish Missions of the Society of Jesus on the implementation of a counter-reformation among the old English in Ireland, 1542-1633
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)This thesis seeics to present a study of the activity of the Society of Jesus and its engagement with Ireland. The study will look at the period from 1542 when Jesuits first came to Ireland, until 1633, when Wentworth ... -
'To remain unaltered in the courage you have inherited from your ancestors' : Magdeburg under siege, 1547-1631
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2008)The siege of Magdeburg 1550-1551 became an important reference point for the city in the early years of the Thirty Years War, as demonstrated in several printed works of the 1620s. The crisis which ended in Magdeburg's ... -
Unlike Phoenix from the ashes : Republican constructs of the First World War in Weimar Germany 1918-1920
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)This thesis seeks to examine the utilisation of the legacy of the First World War in republican press and propaganda as a central focus of the new state’s foundation narrative. Assessing the role of the war in republican ... -
War and revolution : County Fermanagh and its borders, c.1640-c.1666
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2008)This thesis reconstructs the religious, military, political and socio-economic framework of County Fermanagh and its borders during the turbulent and revolutionary mid-seventeenth century, it examines a period of intense ... -
Women, republicanism, radicalism, and street politics in Ireland: 1956-1973
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2006)