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Interactive Film: Extending Narrative Perspectives

Kelly McErlean
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2008
PhD

Subject: Film

Supervisor: Dr Paul O'Brien
80,000-100,000 words

The Embroidery Artists of Ireland in Context

Mary McGuinnes
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2017
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland

Supervisor: Dr Hilary O'Kelly
15,000-20,000 words

Inconspicuous production: The genteel craft of amateur shoemaking in the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth centuries

Noreen McGuire
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Period: Late 18th Century to Early 19th Century

15,000-20,000 words

Suitable Boys: An Examination of Men's Tailoring in Dublin 1950-1980

Therese Mckeone
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2015
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid-20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words

‘ASOS’ the misguided tour of fast fashion

Aisling McLoughlin
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2022
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Global
Period: 21st Century

Supervisor: Hilary O’Kelly
15,000-20,000 words

Materialising Modernity: new Buildings for Leisure and Travel in Ireland, 1920-1950

Caoimhe McMahon
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2018
PhD

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
Approx. 80,000 - 100,000 words

Pictures for the Wilds: Trains, Travels and Tourists in Co. Donegal, 1890-1914

Angela Mehegan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Advertising
Country: Ireland
Period: Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century

Supervisor: Nicola Gordon Bowe
15,000-20,000 words

Mrs Meleiora Adlercron of Dawson Street: Widow: Household Management in Late 18th Century Dublin

Valerie Moffat
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2008
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 18th Century

Supervisor: Sarah Foster
15,000-20,000 words

Under the Covers: Irish bedrooms in the long 19th century

Dolores McManus
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2008
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Irish Domestic Interior / 18th Century Society
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Lucey
15,000-20,000 words

Mrs. Faris and the Pighouse Collection, Co. Cavan

Brona Molloy
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2005
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Collections
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th, 19th and 20th Century

Supervisor: Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words

Pots: He Also Makes Sculpture: Function and Expression in Studio Ceramics in Ireland Since 1950

Michael Moore
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2002
MA

Subject: Ceramics
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid to Late 20th Century

Supervisor: Nicola Gordon Bowe
Approx. 20,000 words

‘A storehouse of design’: the Book of Kells as a source for artists and designers during the Celtic Revival

Fiona Moran
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2024
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Visual Art, Codicology, Design
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

15,000-20,000 words

Outsider Art: Inside or Out?

Lisa Moran
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2001
MA

Subject: Art Theory

Supervisor: Dr. Niamh O'Sullivan
Approx. 20,000 words

The Material Culture of Mountaineering in Ireland c. 1940-2006

Dervla Mulcahy
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Irish Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Supervisor: Hilary O'Kelly
15,000-20,000 words

The Material Culture of the Irish Showband Phenomenon: Fashion, Performance and Dance 1961-1968

Ruth Mulhern
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Showbands
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid to Late 20th Century

Supervisor: Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words

Green Coated Irishmen: the Design, Manufacture and Consumption of the National Army Uniform from 1920 - 1939 as an Expression of National Identity

Hannah Mullan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2011
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

15,000-20,000 words

An Historical & Design Analysis of the Influencing Factors on the Evolution of the Power's Dublin Whiskey Brand Between 1860-1960

Gillian Murphy
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid 19th to mid-20th Century

15,000-20,000 words

When are we Getting the Real Thing? An Analysis of Stage Props and their Use in the Abbey Theatre Production

Eimer Murphy
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2016
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

The Science of Sleep: A Study of Irish 18th and 19th Century Cradles

Elaine Murray
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2008
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Irish Country Furniture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

Casting Identity at the Belleek Pottery: Context, Business and Brand 1857-1907

Ciara Murray
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Ceramics
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Supervisor: Anna Moran
15,000-20,000 words

Ideas Matter : the Work of Richard Eckersley

Paul Nash
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Graphic Design History
Country: England
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Ciaran Swan
15,000-20,000 words

Number 29, Lower Fitzwilliam Street: an Exploration of a Dublin Museum of Georgian Home Life

Feargha Ni Bhroin
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Museology / Historic Houses as Museums
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th to 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr. Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words

Costume Design and Representation: A Case Study of Costume for Film in Irish Historical Drama

Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2013
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century and 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

A Need for Materiality: Understanding Do It Yourself Graves at a Suburban Dublin Cemetary

Nicos Nicolau
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2017
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland: Dublin

15,000-20,000 words