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This thesis is a comprehensive study of the tower houses of County Kerry and there is also some reference to the earlier castles of Kerry. In volume 1 all aspects of the tower house are looked into. The tower houses are placed in their historical context in chapter 2 on the History of Kerry. In chapter 3, on the castle and the tower house, the relationship between the preceding stone structures, and other structures such as moated sites, and the tower house is looked at. In the fourth chapter the origins of the tower house are discussed; whether the tower house originated outside Ireland, or if there was a suitable climate, politically, economically, socially, and architecturally for the tower house to have an independent origin in Ireland. In chapter five the relatively controversial issue of the dating of tower houses as well as distribution is dealt with. The ways of dating a tower house and their reliability are looked at, as are the dates of tower houses in Ireland in general, and Kerry in particular. In the second part of this chapter the distribution of tower houses and the many factors affecting this distribution are looked at. In the sixth chapter the use or lack of use of the tower house in warfare, against thieves, withstanding sieges, and the use of the fastness in relation to the tower house is looked into. In chapter 7 the use of these structures as a residence is dealt with. Using many sources the type and quality of life to be expected in a tower house is discussed. In chapter 8 the architecture of the tower houses in Kerry is described, and in chapter 9 the few urban and church tower houses in Kerry are looked at. In chapter 10, the conclusion, the results of all the preceding chapters are summed up. In volume two the results of the fieldwork carried out are presented in the form of a catalogue. In this list is also included the early castles and the late 17th century / early 18th century "castles". The format of the catalogue includes the name of the structure, its location i.e. the barony and an estimate of the ordnance survey location using the half inch map; also the date, or possible date if known, and the family which built or owned the structure also if known. Then there are the references to the tower house or castles, in annals, early guide books, lists, parliamentary documents etc. and a brief summary of the 1841 Ordinance Survey description if it exists. Finally, there is a summary of the results of the author?s fieldwork on the existing tower houses and castles. Also in volume two are the plates, plans, and maps. ; TARA (Trinity?s Access to Research Archive) has a robust takedown policy. Please contact us if you have any concerns: rssadmin@tcd.ie

Sapphists and Sexologists: Histories of Sexualities Volume II, contributes to the ever evolving debates on lesbian lives and histories. This volume includes a mixture of engaging essays from established and young scholars and opens with a succinct, incisi

The annual Lesbian Lives conference has been held in University College Dublin since 1993. The success of the conference held in 2006 entitled 'Historicising the Lesbian' inspired this collection of essays. From the dozens of papers delivered, the chapters chosen for inclusion in this volume cover a wide period in history from the medieval to the very modern, a huge range of subject areas and diverse historical interests. The many subjects areas dealt with will allow a widening of our knowle

Part 1. Witnessing and remembering Magdalen Laundries. Public performance and reclaiming space : Waterford's Magdalen Laundry / Jennifer O'Mahoney, Kate McCarthy, and Jonathan Culleton -- 'A document of truth?' Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the McAleese Report / Lucy Simpson-Kilbane -- Unremembered in life and death : Funeral and burial practices in Ireland's Magdalen Laundries / Nathalie Sebbane -- Witnessing : Testimonial knowledge as ongoing memory transmission / Audrey Rousseau -- Patricia Burke Brogan's Eclipsed in Brazil : Resonances and reflections / Alinne Fernandes -- Part 2. Parallel histories : then and now. From Tuam to Birmingham : A case study of children's homes in Ireland and the UK / Sarah-Anne Buckley and Lorraine Grimes -- Reflections on Ireland's 'home(s)' : Shame, stigma, and grievability / Clara Fischer -- 'He'd never have gotten a job like that if he'd stayed with me' : the uneasy comedy of Philomena / Mary McGill -- 'That stuff is FOI-able ... and it could be used against us if someone takes a case' : Unlawful adoption in the past and the present : how much has changed? / Conall Ó Fátharta -- Contract, the state, and the Magdalene Laundries / Máiréad Enright -- Who is protecting who and what? The Irish state and the death of women who sell sex : A historical and contemporary analysis / Eilís Ward -- Homing in on the states we are in / Speaking of IMELDA -- Ireland's Direct Provision Centres : Our past and our present / Vukasín Nedeljković.

This collection raises incisive questions about the links between the postcolonial carceral system, which thrived in Ireland after 1922, and larger questions of gender, sexuality, identity, class, race and religion. This kind of intersectional history is vital not only in looking back but, in looking forward, to identify the ways in which structural callousness still marks Irish society. Essays include historical analysis of the ways in which women and children were incarcerated in residential institutions, Ireland's Direct Provision system, the policing of female bodily autonomy though legislation on prostitution and abortion, in addition to the legacies of the Magdalen laundries. This collection also considers how artistic practice and commemoration have acted as vital interventions in social attitudes and public knowledge, helping to create knowledge and re-shape social attitudes towards this history.--

Richmond Barracks was, in 2015, designated one of the seven major restoration and/or commemorative projects to be funded by the Irish State. The Barracks, with its fascinating yet little remembered military, social and political history, was to be, in 2016, centre stage in the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising. One major aspect of the 1916 'hidden history' of the Barracks was the arrest and imprisonment of seventy seven female insurgents immediately after the surrender. Using these seventy seven women as a lens to understand the lives, activism, motivations and contributions of women to the 1916 Rising, a project of remembering, which combined historical and creative elements, was undertaken. In this article the impact of the project on the commemoration of women in 2016 and how their legacies were interpreted through historical research in a landmark publication, We were There: 77 women of the Easter Rising and by contemporary women activists through the Quilt project is detailed.

Together, the essays in Women and the Decade of Commemorations consider the impact of women's unseen, unsung work, which has been critically important in shaping Ireland, a country that continues to struggle with honoring the full role of women today.

This paper provides an overview of a transnational research project exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and public health responses to it, on sexual and gendered politics. It sets out a framework for rethinking sexual and intimate citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic, and draws on examples from India, Italy, Mexico and the UK to illustrate our analysis. We examine how the pandemic has impacted on the everyday negotiation of intimacy and highlighted material inequalities that impact on the lives of women and LGBTQ+ people. We argue that the pandemic has produced new faultlines between women and different groups of LGBTQ+ people, as well as amplifying existing tensions. In addition to identifying these faultlines, we explore the cracks opened by them which might reveal possibilities for new coalitions and alliances in relation to sexual and gendered politics.

Abstract: This paper reviews current concepts from the social sciences and humanities through which to understand and interpret the sexual and gendered politics of the COVID-19 pandemic. We revisit Sedgwick's 'epistemology of the closet' to think about the ways in which sexuality and gender have become known and understood in new ways through a different form of containment, the experience of COVID-19 lockdowns. This paper sets out a framework for rethinking sexual and intimate citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine how the pandemic has impacted on the everyday negotiation of intimacy and highlighted material inequalities that impact on the lives of women and LGBTQ+ people.Non-technical summary: This working paper provides an overview of concepts from the social sciences and humanities which might contribute to an analysis of the sexual and gendered politics of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw parallels between the metaphor of 'the closet' to think about the ways in which sexuality and gender have become known and understood in new ways through a different form of containment, the experience of COVID-19 lockdowns. This paper sets out a framework for rethinking sexual and intimate citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine how the pandemic has impacted on the everyday negotiation of intimacy and highlighted material inequalities that impact on the lives of women and LGBTQ+ people.