Doctoral theses are listed in reverse date order. Click on a title to access more information in the UCC Boole Library catalogue.

2010 - 2019

• Dineen, Luke M. (2019), Strikes, syndicalism and soviet: a comparative study of the labour movements in Cork and Derry, 1914-24
• Boerio, Davide (2018), News, networks and discourses during the Neapolitan revolution of 1647-48 and its aftermath
• McCarthy, Alan J. (2018), Press, politics and revolution: newspapers and journalism in Cork city and county, 1910-23
• Coughlan, Jenny (2017), Saints and scandals: representations of elite women in the writings of Bede and Gregory of Tours
• Murphy, Rachel (2017), Place, community and organisation on the Courtown Estates, 1649-1977
• Sheehan, Máire A. (2016), Law, poetry and medicine: the literate professionals in autonomous Gaelic Ireland, c. 1250-c. 1630
• Forde, Britt (2016), National identity, classical tradition, Christian reform and colonial expansion at the ends of the earth: an analysis of representations of the Swedish and Norwegian peoples in Adam of Bremen’s History of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen and the Irish in Gerald of Wales’s Topography of Ireland
• Murphy, Steven (2016), Neutral diplomacy: an Irish perspective, 1939-1945
• Egan, Simon P. (2016), The resurgence of Gaelic power in Ireland and Scotland and its wider impact, c.1350-1513
• Cullinane, Liam (2016), Work, class and conflict: a comparative study of three Cork factories incorporating oral testimony
• Kirwan, Luke P. (2016), Cork’s international trade during the first industrial revolution
• Hanley, Kara (2016), County Cork: the experience of members of the establishment whose houses were burned in the IRA arson campaign, 1920-23
• Fitzgibbon, Jacqueline (2015), Justifying jihad: US politics, propaganda and the Afghan mujahedeen
• O’Sullivan, Rúairí (2015), Manifestations of heavenly light and fire and the construction of a saint: sanctity, mission and salvation in Adomnán’s Vita Columbae
• Faherty, Shane (2015), Canon Ulick Bourke: cultural nationalism, popular politics, and the Knock apparition
• Kidd, Geraldine (2015), Eleanor Roosevelt: supporting Zion, denying Palestine
• Goek, Sara S. (2015), Farewell to Erin: oral histories of post-war Irish music and migration
• O’Donoghue, Barbara (2015), Ford, Carter and Cambodia: US foreign policy and the Khmer Rouge
• Mullaney, Susan M. (2014), The evolution of the medical professions in eighteenth-century Ireland: an institutional perspective
• Toms, David G. (2014), A social history of sport in Cork, Tipperary and Waterford c.1880-1930
• Eustace, Daniel D. (2014), State building as strategy: an interrogation of NATO’s comprehensive approach in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2011
• Purcell, Emer (2014), The Vikings in ninth-century Ireland: sources and settlements
• Dwyer, Michael A. (2014), Diphtheria, the public health response and the origins of the childhood immunisation programme in Ireland
• O’Sullivan, Steven (2014), The Ford administration, Angola and the perception of post-Vietnam US credibility, 1974-1976
• Lehane, Shane G. (2014), A history of the Irish Red Cross Society, 1939-1971
• O’Riordan, Maeve (2014), Home, family and society: women of the Irish landed class, c.1860-1914: a Munster case study
• Higgins-McHugh, Norah M. (2013), The tithe war in Ireland, 1830-38 with specific reference to Munster and Leinster
• Heffernan, David (2013), Tudor ‘reform’ treatises and government policy in sixteenth-century Ireland
• Levesque, Joseph M. A. (2013), Redefining military memorials and commemoration and how they have changed since the 19th century with a focus on Anglo-American practice
• Noonan, Alan J. M. (2013), Wandering labourers: the Irish and mining throughout the United States, 1845-1920
• Whelan, Michael (2013), Anglo-Irish relations in the framework of the EEC and Northern Ireland, 1969-1975
• Finn, Daniel (2013), Challengers to provisional republicanism: the official republican movement, people’s democracy and the Irish republican socialist party, 1968-98
• McCarthy, Kevin (2013), Exploring the Zionist evolution of Robert Briscoe: history and memory
• Browne, Jennifer M. M. (2013), ‘La violence et la mauvaise foi’: context and rhetoric in Pierre Bayle’s Ce que c’est la France toute catholique
• Drea, Eoin (2013), Continuity and change in monetary policy and banking in Ireland 1922-43
• McLaughlin, Ivan (2012), A new world a new American foreign policy: the Carter administration, Nicaragua, and the legacy of the Vietnam War, 1977-1981
• Deller, Peter R. (2012), Irish officers in Wellington’s army 1808-1815
• Treharne, Sally-Ann (2012), Latin America and the renewal of the special relationship under Reagan and Thatcher, 1981-1987
• Steding, William J. (2012), Religion and US foreign policy during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
• Canning, Ruth A. (2012), War, identity, and the Pale: the old English and the 1590s crisis in Ireland
• Murphy, Jonathan (2012), Anglo-Polish relations 1939-43: the War Cabinet, the Foreign Office and the Curzon Line
• Convery, David M. (2012), Brigadistas: the history and memory of Irish anti-fascists in the Spanish Civil War
• Lordan, Shane (2012), An Irish apostle: articulating and actualising apostolicity in th early Irish church
• Sutton, Gerry (2011), Landlords: land, politics and economy during the land war, 1877-1903
• Powell, Robert J. (2011), Muirchú’s Patrick: a bishop for the seventh century
• Beaugé de la Roque, Pauline (2011), Les representations de l’Europe chez les elites catholiques irlandaises de 1957 à 1985: representations of Europe by Irish catholic elites (1957-1985)
• O’Connor, Úna E. (2011), Emigration from the port of Cork during the long nineteenth century (1791-1914)
• Wall, Martin A. (2011), Ireland and the European Economic Community 1973-1977: a small state and European integration
• O’Connell, Michael (2011), The urban / rural settlement patterns of first-generation Irish migrants abroad, 1850-1921: a global perspective
• Ní Bheaglaoi, Nóirín B. (2011), Editio anceps: the manuscript tradition of Giralldus Cambrensis’ Topographia Hibernica
• Mac Mahon, Jason-Amedeo (2010 /2011), Ireland’s developing European relationship 1947-1963
• Buckley, Sarah-Anne (2010), Protecting ‘the family cell’?: child welfare, the NSPCC and the State in Ireland 1880-1944
• Fitzgerald, David (2010), Learning to forget?: the US army and counterinsurgency doctrine and practice from Vietnam to Iraq
• Devoy, Fiona G. (2010), ‘A sword of Damocles’: the threat of conscription and the dynamics of Irish politics, 1914-18
• Dennehy, John (2010), Tipperary and the First World War
• Foley, Susan D. (2010), Bede, St. John and the liturgical year: studies on the homilies on the gospels
• Martin, Michael (2010), Breaking ranks: the emergence of representative associations in the Irish armed forces 1989-1992
• Cullinane, Michael P. (2010), Fighting for ‘freedom’: the language of ‘liberty’ and the US anit-imperialist movement, 1898-1909
• Tjoelker, Nienke (2010), The Alithinologia (1664) by John Lynch: an edition of part of the text with introduction, translation and commentary

2000 - 2009

• O’Sullivan, Kathleen J. (2009), Mathematics in the life of Éamon de Valera
• Corcoran, Donal P. (2009), The Irish Free State 1922-32: government and administration
• Ryan, James M. (2009), Lenin’s terror: violence in the thought of V. I. Lenin and an assessment of the significance of ideology in early Soviet state violence
• O’Keeffe, Hélène (2009), A ‘lively poltergeist’ Robert Emmet: commemoration, memory and tradition, 1878-2003
• Borgonovo, John M. (2009), Evolution of a revolution: Cork city, 1916-1918
• Colclough, Tanya (2009), From paper army to military force?: European security challenges, the battlegroup concept and EU neutrals
• Harrington, Nicholas K. (2008), The last parliamentarian: the political career of John Redmond 1881-1918
• Loftus, Paul D. (2008), The crisis years: the second inter-party government and the politics of transition in Ireland, 1954-1957
• Walsh, Maurice (2008), The history of Irish army intelligence, 1918-1945
• McCarthy, John K. (2007), Irish involvement in the Olympic games 1896-1920: (with specific reference to its impact on nationalism and national identity)
• Hutch, Avril J. (2007), When New York was Irish: the New York Irish through song 1855-1892
• Mac Carron, Máirín (2007), Brides of Christ, royal marriage and the conversion of the English in Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica
• Falvey, Jeremiah J. (2007), The Cork career of Sir John Arnott, 1837-1898
• Curtis, Margaret P. (2006), Provincial government and administration in Jacobean Munster
• Nyhan, Julianne (2006), The application of XML to the historical lexicography of Old, Middle and Early-Modern Irish: a lexicon based analysis
• Creed, Fiona (2006), The challenges of coordinating EU foreign policy at the UN since 1992
• Sexton, Harriet M. (2006), Clanricarde and the confederate wars: a study of Ulick Burke’s career in Ireland, 1641-1652
• Jones, Siobhán (2005), Southern Irish unionism: press and politics 1860-1960
• Butler, Brian (2005), The Whitby life of Gregory the Great: exegesis and hagiography
• Browne, Colette (2005), Aspects of propaganda and the press in the Third Reich with special reference to foreign policy
• McGowan-Doyle, Valerie (2005), The book of Howth: the old English and the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland
• MacCotter, Paul (2005), Cantred and trícha cét: medieval Irish political territorial denominations
• Forsythe, Westley (2005), The decline of the landed estates system in county Cork, 1815-1914
• Ryan, Raymond (2005), Farmers, agriculture and politics in the Irish Free State area, 1919-1936
• Murphy, Rosemarie (2005), Health services in Ireland 1939-57
• O’Flynn, Derek M. (2004), The ideology and career of Saint-Just
• Ryan, Siobhan Horgan (2004), The development of nursing in Ireland: 1898-1920
• Murphy, Charlotte M. (2003), The Irish House of Lords, 1780-1800: politics and ideology
• Fenton, Laurence (2003), Palmerston and The Times: a study of foreign policy, the press and public opinion, 1846-51
• O Mahony, Colman (2003), Workhouse relief in Cork: 1838-1888
• Cosgrave, Michael B. (2003), Comparative and operational aspects of peacekeeping in intra-state conflicts with particular reference to Irish participation in ONUC: 1960-64
• Keogh, Niall (2003), Con Cremin and Irish foreign policy: 1935-1958
• Kennedy, Christopher (2003), Genesis of the Rising 1912-1916: a transformation of Nationalist opinion?
• Breathnach, Ciara (2002 /2003), A history of the Congested Districts Board of Ireland, 1891-1923
• Byrne, Niall J. (2002), Jacobean Waterford: religion and politics 1603-25
• O’Shea, Patrick B. (2002), Perception and reality in the modern Yugoslav conflict
• Smith, Gillian M. (2002), Cartography and culture: achievements of the Irish Ordnance Survey Memoir Scheme 1824-2842
• Harris, Clodagh (2002), The evolution of consociationalism in Northern Ireland
• Hearne, John M. (2001), Waterford: economy, society and politics, 1780-1852
• Ryan, John (Seán) M.  (2001), Deer forests, game shooting and landed estates in the South West of Ireland, 1840 – 1970
• Wylie, Paula L. (2001), Diplomatic recognition in Irish foreign policy 1949-63
• Mullins, Elizabeth (2001), The insular reception of the Eusebian canon tables: exegesis and iconography
• Cunningham, Emma (2001), Irish-Canadian diplomatic relations, 1939-1950
• Broderick, Eugene P. G. (2000), Waterford’s Anglicans: religion and politics, 1819-1872
• Weaver, Pamela A. (2000), Aborigines, ‘palefaces’ and new women: feminism, law and order and class in the writings of Somerville and Ross
• Scully, Jeremiah A. (2000), The Atlantic archipelago from antiquity to Bede: the transformation of an image
• Guerin, Timothy J. (2000), The development of the co-operative creamery movement in North Co. Cork 1900-1945: (a case study of four co-operative creamery societies)
• Hull, Mark M. (2000), German military intelligence operations in Ireland: 1939-1945

1980 - 1999

• Allison, Bronagh M. (1999), State policy and the revival of the Irish language, 1922-48
• McNamara, Robert M. (1999), Britain’s other cold war: a study of British policy towards Nasser’s Egypt from Suez to the six day war 1957-67
• Connolly, Tracey R. (1999), Emigration from independent Ireland: 1922-1970
• Quinlan, Carmel (1999), Genteel revolutionaries: the lives of Anna and Thomas Haslam
• Tait, Clodagh J. (1999), Harnessing corpses: death, burial, disinterment and commemoration in Ireland, c.1550-1655
• Whelan, Diarmuid P. (1998), Conor Cruise O’Brien and nationalism
• Larmour, Sandra Ruth (1998), Aspects of the State and female sexuality in the Irish Free State, 1922-1949
• Ó Longaigh, Seosamh D. (1998), Emergency legislation in the Irish state, 1922-1948: an analysis of its evolution and use
• Krasnodebska-D’Aughton, Małgorzata (1998), Images of the divine: studies in early insular text and image
• Cournane, Mavis (1997), The application of SGML/TEI to the processing of complex multilingual historical texts
• Nolan, Aengus (1997), Joseph Walshe and the management of Irish foreign policy, 1922-1946: a study in diplomatic and administrative history
• Cierlik, Bozena (1997), A comparative analysis of some aspects of political life in Ireland and Poland 1918-1939
• Horgan, John (1997), Sean Lemass Taoiseach: 1959-1966
• McCarthy, Andrew J. (1996), Financial thought and policy in Ireland, 1918-45
• O’Regan, Philip (1996), Archbishop William King (1650-1729) and the Constitution of Church and State
• O’Herlihy, Timothy F. (1996), Anglo-German-American relations during the Berlin crisis, 1958-1961
• O’Leary, Don (1996), The origins, development and decline of vocationalism in twentieth-century Ireland
• Dunne, Myra D. (1996), Perception and misperception in International politics: the British application for membership of the European Economic Community, 1959 – 1963
• Murphy, Brian S. (1994), Politics and ideology: Mary MacSwiney and Irish republicanism 1872-1942
• Bracken, Damian (1994), The fall in Hiberno-Latin literature and Irish vernacular law
• Logan, John (1992), Schooling and the promotion of literacy in nineteenth-century Ireland
• Ryan, David J. (1992), An examination of diplomatic relations between the United States and Nicaragua during the Reagan presidency
• Marnane, Denis G. (1991), Land ownership in South Tipperary, 1849-1903
• O’Sullivan, Charles J. (1989), British policy towards the High Commission Territories in Southern Africa, 1940-1955
• Luddy, Maria (1989), Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland
• Whelan, Bernadette (1989), Ireland and the Marshall plan: 1947-51
• Casey, James (1988), Landownership in North Cork, 1584-1641
• O’Keeffe, Patrick D. (1987), Transition from the politics of war to the politics of peace: General Richard Mulcahy, the army and the cabinet, 1919-24
• Girvin, Brian (1986), Protectionism and economic development in independent Ireland 1922-1960 /
• Geary, Laurence M. (1985), The plan of campaign, 1886-1891
• O’Riordan, Michelle (1985), The Gaelic mind and the collapse of the Gaelic world: a study of the motifs of bardic poetry
• Brockie, Edward G. P. (1985), Relations between Great Britain and the Holy See during the pontificate of Leo XIII, 1878-1903
• Dinan, Desmond (1985), The politics of persuasion: British policy and French African ‘Neutrality’ 1940-1942
• Knowles, Mary T. (1985), The French socialist attitude towards war, militarism and national defence 1905-1914
• Kelleher, George D. (1983), Gunpowder to guided missiles: Ireland’s war industries
• Browne, Pius J. A. (1981), “Egregius archiepiscopus”: a life of Michael Augustine Corrigan 1839-1902 Archbishop of New York
• Buckley, Mary G. (1980), Thomas Davis: a study in nationalist philosophy
• Lane, Pádraig G. (1980), The agricultural labourer in Ireland, 1850-1914

1950 - 1979

• O’Shea, James P. P. (1979), The priest and politics in County Tipperary, 1850-1891
• Hogan, Edmund M. (1977), The catholic missionaries and Liberia
• Meagher, Mary T. C. (1970), Catholic education in the archdiocese of Cashel 1750-1841
• Quinn, P. L. S. (1966), The re-entry of the Jew into England and Ireland and his re-establishment there
• Bolster, Ellen (1963), Mother Mary Francis Bridgeman and the Irish Sisters of Mercy in the Crimean war
• Barry, J. G. (1952), The office and function of coarb and erenagh in the Irish church