Education - Theses Register | Irish Georgian Society

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

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

Bicycle, wagon, four wheeler, pilla, mattress, boot, shoe, camp, ashes, steel wool, soap pads, brillo pads… on settler discourses about Traveller material culture

Seamus Nolan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2019
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: England, Ireland

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

Demonstrators Employed by the Electricity Supply Board 1961-1973

Geraldine O’Brien
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2009
MA Design History and Material Culture

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

15,000-20,000 words

A Re-Appropriation of the Gothic: The Catholic Church and the Consolidation of Power in mid Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Eimir O’Brien
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid-19th Century

Studio Donegal: A Handweaving Mill, 1987-2017

Veronica O’Brien
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2017
MA Design History and Material Culture

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

15,000-20,000 words

Fashioning Material That Matters: An Examination of Costume Making At the National Ballet of Canada

Caroline O'Brien
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2022
PhD

Subject: Fashion
Country: Canada

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson and Hilary O'Kelly
Approx. 80,000 - 100,000 words

From Trophy to Taboo: A Social and Cultural History of Fur wearing in Twentieth-Century Dublin

Joan O'Cleary
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

Education Theses Register —School of Visual Culture

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

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

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

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

Mrs. Faris and the Pighouse Collection, Co. Cavan

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

Outsider Art: Inside or Out?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ideas Matter : the Work of Richard Eckersley

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

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

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

Bicycle, wagon, four wheeler, pilla, mattress, boot, shoe, camp, ashes, steel wool, soap pads, brillo pads… on settler discourses about Traveller material culture

Demonstrators Employed by the Electricity Supply Board 1961-1973

A Re-Appropriation of the Gothic: The Catholic Church and the Consolidation of Power in mid Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Studio Donegal: A Handweaving Mill, 1987-2017

Fashioning Material That Matters: An Examination of Costume Making At the National Ballet of Canada

From Trophy to Taboo: A Social and Cultural History of Fur wearing in Twentieth-Century Dublin

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