List of Dissertations Submitted*
2009
(Elizabeth) Kim Briggs
Ephemera and Irish Catholic Identity: A case study of the cachet and stamps from the 1954 Marian YearRose Mary Cullen
The Presence of the Past in the South End, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USAGeraldine O’Brien
Demonstrators employed by the Electricity Supply Board 1961-1973Grainne Reidy
Fancy Dress Ball Costumes in Dublin, 1886-1914Mirjam Schiller
Consuming Fantasies: An 1881 illustrated pattern book gives insight into cutlery design as a mode of cultural expression
2008
Richard Costelloe
'Of Ornament and Security' The Building of Dublin’s Westmoreland StreetSimon Cowell
Sitting Pretty: an analysis of Ernest Race’s chair designs for the 1951 Festival of BritainJessica Cunningham
Dublin’s Huguenot Goldsmiths: The contribution of the Huguenots to the design, development and manufacture of Irish silver, 1690-1750Orla Fitzpatick
Victorian Gallery: Louisa Tenison’s photographic and mixed media album, 1864-1874Dolores McManus
Under the covers: Irish bedrooms in the long eighteenth centuryValerie Moffat
Mrs Meliora Adlercron of Dawson Street, widow: Household Management in late Eighteenth-Century DublinElaine Murray
The Science of Sleep: A study of Irish 18th and 19th century cradlesEmma O’Toole
The Material Culture of Medicine in the Irish Home c.1760-c.1830Janet Redmond
The Rise and Decline of Dublin’s South City Markets (1875-1894)Candace White
The International Style and Glamour of the Old Central Terminal Building, Dublin Airport
2007
Muireann Charleton
Cosmopolitanism & Nationalism: a cocktail for consumer craving in a rural Irish department StoreJulia Cummins
‘For the love of the binding’ An exploration of the forces that shaped the George Mullen Bindery 1800-1849Ditte Kummer
Ireland of the Welcomes 1952-1960: the portrayal of Ireland as a tourist destinationJennifer Lawlor
Wedding Gifts in Ireland 1950-2006: a reflection of social economic, cultural & material changeDervla Mulcahy
The Material Culture of Mountaineering in Ireland c.1940-2006Gillian Murphy
An Historical & Design Analysis of the influencing factors on the evolution of the Power’s Dublin whiskey brand between 1860-1960Paul Nash
Ideas Matter: the work of Richard EckersleyFeargha Ni Bhroin
Number twenty-nine Lower Fitzwilliam Street: an exploration of a Dublin Museum of Georgian home lifeGabrielle O’Connor
Arnott’s of Henry Street, Dublin: a Department store in contextCarole Pollard
Right and Correct: WMD McCormick’s Seven Donegal ChurchesCiara Murray
Casting Identity at the Belleek Pottery: Context, Business and Brand 1857-1907Bronagh O’Connor
The Material Culture of Courtship and the Traveller Wedding
2005
Alan Costello
A Striking Red Brick: Brick making in Portmarnock, the Plunkett family and the Portmarnock Brick and Terracotta Works from the 18th to the 20th centuryBrona Molloy
Mrs Faris and the Pighouse CollectionDeirdre O’Connell
An Examination of the Social, Cultural and Economic Values embodied in the Bottom Drawer in Ireland from 1900-1960Sorcha O’Donnell
The Irish Toy Making Industry 1850-1950 with particular emphasis on rural IrelandJoanna Quinn
'Not just a Daisy on a Plate': Ceramic design in The Kilkenny Design WorkshopsMargaret Suggs
Bill Bolger and The Children of God. The Catechism in Ireland after the Second Vatican CouncilIrene (Wendy) Williams
'Varieties to appeal to every palate'. An exploration of the forces that shaped a collection of Jacob’s biscuit labels 1900-1939
2003
Sara Donaldson
Shopping for fashionable dress in Edwardian DublinPaul Fortune
The disc root cutting machines of Pierce’s of Wexford, agricultural machinery manufacturersAoife Kavanagh
The design and consumption of looking glasses in the late 18th and early 19th centuryAngela Mehegan
'Pictures for the Wilds’, trains, travels and tourists in Co Donegal, 1890-1914Ruth Mulhern
The material culture of the Irish Showband phenomenon: fashion, performance and danceClare O’Reilly
A contextual study of the display of ornamental china in the 17th and 18th century Irish interiorAnne-Marie Quinn
Irish Civic Maces, a study of their historical, artistic and social contextsJanet Searson
The Singer sewing machine in Ireland: an examination of the Singer company
* In 2007, the name of the course was changed from ‘MA History of Design and Applied Arts’ to the ‘MA Design History and Material Culture’. In the same year, the MA moved from being offered on a biennial basis to being delivered every year.