Gabriel Convoy is the epitome of the upper-middle class unionist in the early Irish 20th century – he’s well educated, … More
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Juno and the Matriarchy
My research paper will be based on the feminist overtones of Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey. My research … More
Emigration and “Eveline”
IMAGE: ‘Emigrants Leave Ireland’, engraving by Henry Doyle (1827–1892), from Mary Frances Cusack’s Illustrated History of Ireland, 1868. For my final … More
Poverty During A Civil War
The research topic I have chosen for my final paper is about the Irish Civil War, which occurred during the … More
Depths of Mrs. Sinico’s Death
My research topic is focusing on the role of the temperance movement in Dublin society around the early 1900s and … More
Women as National and Mythological Resources
In Eavan Boland’s autobiography, Object Lessons, she mulls deeply over women’s portrayal in Irish literature, remarking that the female identity … More
Language and Identity
A theme that has stood out to me throughout this quarter – probably because I am taking an anthropology class … More
Poverty and the Paycock
I am planning to focus my final paper on poverty in Dublin and how it is portrayed through Juno and … More
World War One and Irish Identity
For my final paper I am planning to focus on the cultural impact of World War One on Irish consciousness … More
The Intersection of Life and Death
Even as the quarter comes to a close, I still find myself intrigued by the explorations and discoveries from Week … More
