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Three Graces And A Referendum: Cathal Brugha Street’S History And Ireland’S Gender Discourses From Tradition To Transition, Brian Murphy May 2024

Three Graces And A Referendum: Cathal Brugha Street’S History And Ireland’S Gender Discourses From Tradition To Transition, Brian Murphy

Level 3

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Annals Of Athy 2021 Locals Curating Their Own Lived Heritage, Anne Murphy Jan 2023

Annals Of Athy 2021 Locals Curating Their Own Lived Heritage, Anne Murphy

Level 3

The Annals is a 273-page book printed by DataPrint Athy containing ten parts authored by locals and edited by Anne Murphy, Mark Wall and Clement Roche. The three main themes of the Annals relate to industrial heritage, agricultural heritage and sporting heritage. Additional parts are allocated to significant local personalities including J. J. Bergin, Juan Greene, John Wortley, Annamay McHugh and the Bramley family. One part considers a plan to grow flax locally to produce sailcloth for the English navy in its fight against Napoleon! The final part lists the residents of the main streets in 1916 and 2016.


Review Of From Whence I Came: The Kennedy Legacy, Ireland And America Brian Murphy And Donnacha Ó Beacháin (Editors) Published In 2021, Eamon Maher Jan 2023

Review Of From Whence I Came: The Kennedy Legacy, Ireland And America Brian Murphy And Donnacha Ó Beacháin (Editors) Published In 2021, Eamon Maher

Level 3

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Community Engagement In Cultural Heritage A Digital Context, Maurice Murphy, Et Al. Jan 2023

Community Engagement In Cultural Heritage A Digital Context, Maurice Murphy, Et Al.

Level 3

A series of case studies outlining the application of virtual reality and digital technologies for cultural heritage is presented in this article with an aim to examine the role for community engagement and SMEs in cultural heritage within a digital context. Digital technologies can be a repository and tool for telling local stories in relation to place and time on site and virtually off-site. In a series of case studies, tools and technologies for virtual reality experiences are outlined to identify the appropriate tools which can best facilitate this community engagement. In addition, community-based digital heritage initiatives will be discussed …


Athy College And The Garda Station Plaque 1922 A Ty Art Installation For Kildare Decade Of Commemorations, Richard Daly, Christina Hayden, April Prendergast, Anne Murphy Jan 1923

Athy College And The Garda Station Plaque 1922 A Ty Art Installation For Kildare Decade Of Commemorations, Richard Daly, Christina Hayden, April Prendergast, Anne Murphy

Level 3

This article describes an art installation in Athy, Co. Kildare created by transition year students of Athy College to commemorate their school’s connection with the centenary of the casting of the first Garda station plaques in 1922 in the Duthie. Large Foundry, Chapel Street Athy. The installation was unveiled on 14 May 2022 on the original foundry site supported by a grant from Kildare County Council’s Decade of Commemorations and mentored by staff of Technological University Dublin. It is included here in Level3 to celebrate fruitful and sustainable collaboration among academia, schools, local knowledge-holders, local public representatives, Gardaí and heritage …