Essays about: "irish history"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words irish history.

  1. 6. Searching for the greater Capricorn beetle : a methodological review of training dogs for a conservational purpose

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Linnea Ingelsbo; [2021]
    Keywords : dog search; Cerambyx cerdo; conservation detection dog; quercus; dog behaviour; swedish oak history;

    Abstract : The Greater Capricorn beetle Cerambyx cerdo is an endangered species both in Sweden (CR) and internationally (VU). The substrate, old Oak, dropped heavily in numbers in Sweden during the 19th century, which left the beetle without suitable habitats. The only remaining population is on Öland, an island on the Swedish east coast. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Limerick Soviet : Workers' motivations for the general strike in Limerick, 1919

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Martha Dunster; [2021]
    Keywords : Labour unions; syndicalism; strikes; Limerick; Irish republicanism;

    Abstract : In April 1919, the Trades and Labour Council of Limerick County, Ireland, declared a general strike in response to the increasingly militarised policing of the region by the British authorities. A Strike Committee, consisting of local activists, assumed governance of Limerick for two weeks. READ MORE

  4. 8. From Rome to Ireland : a comparative analysis of two pagan goddesses and a Christian saint

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Joanna Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : History of Religions; Saint Brigid; Saint Brigit; Celtic religion; Celtic mythology; Minerva; Roman religion; Goddess; Hagiography; Brigid; Brighid;

    Abstract : In Celtic religious studies, it is often difficult to find reliable textual sources if you are working with pre-Christian religion, since all text is written in a Christian context. As a result, Celtic scholars have to look outside of the pre-Christian Celtic context, to search for knowledge elsewhere. READ MORE

  5. 9. Automatic phonological transcription using forced alignment : FAVE toolkit performance on four non-standard varieties of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Sella; [2018]
    Keywords : Forced alignment; FAVE; phonological transcriptions; English varieties; sociophonetics; speech recognition; phonological annotation; speech data;

    Abstract : Forced alignment, a speech recognition software performing semi-automatic phonological transcription, constitutes a methodological revolution in the recent history of linguistic research. Its use is progressively becoming the norm in research fields such as sociophonetics, but its general performance and range of applications have been relatively understudied. READ MORE

  6. 10. A Conceptual-historicist Investigation of Poems by William Butler Yeats

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Johanna Juhlin; [2017]
    Keywords : Yeats; Conceptual history; Koselleck; Irish poetry; Mythology;

    Abstract : This essay aims to find a correlation between the poetry of William Butler Yeats and the social-cultural context of its time-period. With the aid of conceptual history, representations of fundamental concepts can be revealed in the written text. READ MORE