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An Edition of In Lebor Ollaman
Dr. Roisin McLaughlin
School of Celtic Studies
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Food, obesity and families: Practices relating to food and body weight in Irish families
Dr. Suzanne Harkins
This 1-year IRCHSS project is designed to facilitate the preparation of my doctoral dissertation for publication. The fellowship provides an opportunity to maximise the impact of my research findings in terms of academic publishing, as well as disseminating the findings for wider benefit, on the topics

Music in the Irish country house
Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam
Objectives
The objectives of this postdoctoral research project are:
- to identify and catalogue the music collections of selected country houses in Ireland;
- to interpret the historical context within which these collections were assembl

How much of that memory is really mine? Transactive memory and memory conformity in familiar versus unfamiliar dyads.
Candice E. Condon and Timothy D. Ritchie ( University of Limerick )
Abstract
Theories of transactive memory and memory conformity predicted that memory conformity among dyads varies as a function of each individual’s familiarity with the other, and their own interpersonal trust. We examined the extent to which

Memories of the everyday present: Haunting, absence, and the spectral performance of everyday life in the Irish Ghost Estate.
Cian O’ Callaghan ( National University of Ireland Maynooth )
The inevitable collapse of the Irish property market in late 2008 has left its mark in the form of empty houses, abandoned retail parks, and half built estates; fragments of developments that now stand as unfinished or unoccupied shells of what they were p

Experiencing Ageing-in-Place: The Role of the Community and Voluntary Sector
Sandra Walsh (NUI Maynooth)
The policy context
The new public health agenda, as set out in the Ottawa Charter, has opened up public health to a wide range of actors. Across government agendas, and in particular those that address the local scale, we are seeing an increased blurring o

The Psychological Factors Affecting Distress and Perceptions of Breast Cancer in Irish Women
Andrea Gibbons (NUIG)
Aims and Objectives
This doctoral research examines psychological issues related to beliefs about breast cancer, distress following the diagnosis of breast cancer, and the effectiveness of a psychological intervention to reduce distress in women receiving breast cancer treatment.
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