Nicole Burke (TCD): ‘Feminism, neoliberal discourse and the ‘care crisis’ in Ireland’
I fell in love with feminist theory during my time in Carlow College, St. Patrick’s when I took an elective called ‘Feminist Political Theory’ with
Judy Bolger (TCD): ‘A Hopeless Case’: Constructs of Early Twentieth-century Irish Impoverished Motherhood
In July 1907, Dublin mother Catherine Smith was ‘charged with grossly neglecting her four children, one of them an infant’ and she was subsequently sentenced
Eva Burke (TCD): Reading Domestic Noir in the Global Pandemic
It’s safe to say that 2020 hasn’t lived up to expectations for most of us. As the global pandemic continues to thwart plans and dominate
Deconstructing the Solitary Creative Genius by Dr Morgan Cawley Buckley
My nephew once asked his father what an artist is, to which he replied ‘one who creates art’, ever the accurate literalist that my brother
‘Joyce…Ibsen…Egerton…Hamsun…Beckett…Fosse’ by Dr Eoghan Smith
The month of June sees the annual celebrations of Bloomsday, which commemorates James Joyce’s modernist masterwork Ulysses. Ulysses is a text to which I dutifully
‘To visit my mother’ (?): Returning to Ireland during the revolutionary period, 1916-1923′ by Dr Regina Donlon
During the revolutionary era, 1916-1923, a total of 21,754 Irish-born immigrants resident in the United States applied for a passport to visit Ireland. The majority
Michael Sherman: ‘I’d rather not live like there isn’t a God…’ The Gospel according to Kendrick Lamar
Endings matter. While a good start is half the battle, nothing beats a ‘mic-drop’ finish. The American rapper and songwriter, Kendrick Lamar, brought his headlining
Transforming Patrick in the Medieval WorldÂ
Transforming Patrick in the Medieval World At some point in the fifth century CE a former slave called Patrick made the decision to return to
Myth Busting: The Elmes Letters
Tracing modern myths and busting them is something of a passion of mine. And particularly myths that relate to the social acceptance and integration –