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May Guinness 1863-1955

Daire O'Connell
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
1994
MA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Frances Ruane
Approx. 30,000 - 40,000 words

An Examination of the Social, Cultural and Economic Values Embodied in the Bottom Drawer in Ireland 1900-1960

Deirdre O'Connell
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2005
MA Design History and Material Culture

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

Supervisor: John Turpin
15,000-20,000 words

The Material Culture of Courtship and the Traveller Wedding

Bronagh O'Connor
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Irish Material Culture

15,000-20,000 words

Arnott's of Henry Street, Dublin; a Department Store in Context

Gabrielle O'Connor
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Retailing History
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 20th Century

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

The Irish Toy Making Industry 1850-1950 with Particular Emphasis on Rural Ireland

Sorcha O'Donnell
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2005
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Children's Toys
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid 19th to Mid 20th Century

Supervisor: Nicola Gordon Bowe

Designing Visibility: Dublin Street Lighting in 1938

Saive O’Donoghue
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Street Lighting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

15,000-20,000 words

The Model Farm Kitchen: The ICA as an Agent of Modernity, 1950-65

Bernadette O’Neill
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2015
MA Design History and Material Culture

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

15,000-20,000 words

Richard Thomas Moynan RHA

Maebh O'Regan
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2002
PhD

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid 19th Century to Early 20th Century

Supervisor: John Turpin
Approx. 60,000-80,000 words

A Contextual Study of the Display of Ornamental China in the 17th and 18th Irish Interior

Clare O'Reilly
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: China
Country: Ireland
Period: 17th and 18th Century

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

The Dublin Tramway: Navigating the Nexus in the Early Twentieth Century

Glen O’Sullivan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2013
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Early 20th century

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

The Material Culture of Medicine in the Irish Home c.1760 - c.1830

Emma O'Toole
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2008
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture and Medical History
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century

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

Objects, Spaces and Rituals: a Social and Material History of Maternity and Infancy in Ireland, ca. 1730 to ca. 1830

Emma O'Toole
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2018
PhD

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr Anna Moran
80,000-100,000 words

The Material Culture of Packaging and Advertising in the Irish Flour Milling Industry (1920-1970)

Stephen Odlum
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

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

Functionalist industrial design practice in the German Democratic Republic

Katharina Pfuetzner
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2012
PhD

Subject: Design
Country: German
Period: 20th Century

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

Right and Correct: WMD McCormick's Seven Donegal Churches

Carole Pollard
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

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

Watchmaker, Silversmith, Goldsmith, Bullion Dealer, Diamond and Pearl Merchant: The Clandestine World of Nineteenth Century High End Pawnbroking

Charlotte Pollard
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2014
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th century

15,000-20,000 words

In Fashion, in Fabrics: The Influence of Tradition and Modernity in the Branding and Advertising of Moygashel Fabrics 1940's- 1960's

Lucy Proctor
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2012
MA Design History and Material Culture

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

15,000-20,000 words

Investigation of the Role in which the Pocket Watch had Taken in Nineteenth Century Britain and Ireland

David Paul Purcell
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Pocket Watch
Country: Ireland and Britain
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Niamh O’Sullivan
15,000-20,000 words

Designing for experience in 1960s Ireland: the architecture of Stillorgan Shopping Centre

Judy Quinlan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2022
MA Design History and Material Culture

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

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

'Not Just a Daisy on a Plate' : Ceramic Design in The Kilkenny Design Workshops 1963-1980

Joanna Quinn
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2005
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Ceramics
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

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

Irish Civic Maces, A Study of their Historical, Artistic and Social Contexts

Anne-Marie Quinn
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Maces
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

Supervisor: John Turpin
15,000-20,000 words

Treasure Beneath our Feet: The Kildare Street Mosaics; Mosaic Design Embodying an 1880's Global Vision

Gabrielle Qwynn
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2014
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th century

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

Weaving a Nation’s identity: the story of Irish lace through Great Exhibitions and Fairs from 1851-1893

Hazel Ramsay
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2020
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

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

The Rise and Decline of Dublin's South City Markets (1875-1894)

Janet Redmond
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2008
MA Design

Subject: Architecture and Material Culture
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr Nicola Gordan Bowe
15,000-20,000 words

Education Theses Register —School of Visual Culture

May Guinness 1863-1955

An Examination of the Social, Cultural and Economic Values Embodied in the Bottom Drawer in Ireland 1900-1960

The Material Culture of Courtship and the Traveller Wedding

Arnott's of Henry Street, Dublin; a Department Store in Context

The Irish Toy Making Industry 1850-1950 with Particular Emphasis on Rural Ireland

Designing Visibility: Dublin Street Lighting in 1938

The Model Farm Kitchen: The ICA as an Agent of Modernity, 1950-65

Richard Thomas Moynan RHA

A Contextual Study of the Display of Ornamental China in the 17th and 18th Irish Interior

The Dublin Tramway: Navigating the Nexus in the Early Twentieth Century

The Material Culture of Medicine in the Irish Home c.1760 - c.1830

Objects, Spaces and Rituals: a Social and Material History of Maternity and Infancy in Ireland, ca. 1730 to ca. 1830

The Material Culture of Packaging and Advertising in the Irish Flour Milling Industry (1920-1970)

Functionalist industrial design practice in the German Democratic Republic

Right and Correct: WMD McCormick's Seven Donegal Churches

Watchmaker, Silversmith, Goldsmith, Bullion Dealer, Diamond and Pearl Merchant: The Clandestine World of Nineteenth Century High End Pawnbroking

In Fashion, in Fabrics: The Influence of Tradition and Modernity in the Branding and Advertising of Moygashel Fabrics 1940's- 1960's

Investigation of the Role in which the Pocket Watch had Taken in Nineteenth Century Britain and Ireland

Designing for experience in 1960s Ireland: the architecture of Stillorgan Shopping Centre

'Not Just a Daisy on a Plate' : Ceramic Design in The Kilkenny Design Workshops 1963-1980

Irish Civic Maces, A Study of their Historical, Artistic and Social Contexts

Treasure Beneath our Feet: The Kildare Street Mosaics; Mosaic Design Embodying an 1880's Global Vision

Weaving a Nation’s identity: the story of Irish lace through Great Exhibitions and Fairs from 1851-1893

The Rise and Decline of Dublin's South City Markets (1875-1894)

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School of Visual Culture