University Name
University College Dublin
Introduction
University College Dublin is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities and is ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide. In the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject, UCD has six subjects ranked in the top 50: Veterinary Science (26), Library & Information Management (38), Nursing (44), English Language and Literature (49), Sports-related subjects (50), and Engineering – Mineral & Mining (50). The University also has 14 subjects in the top 100 and 35 in the top 200.
In 2020, for the third year in a row, UCD was ranked number one in Ireland for graduate employability and 75th in the world, in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings.
UCD is also Ireland's most globally engaged university with over 30,000 students drawn from 136 countries, including almost 4,000 students based at locations outside of Ireland. The University's main Dublin campus occupies an extensive parkland estate of more than 130 hectares and offers world-leading facilities including the UCD O'Brien Centre for Science, UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD Lochlan Quinn School of Business, UCD Moore Centre for Business and UCD Student Centre. The campus offers students access to a thriving, English-speaking European capital city, which is among the safest in the world and is renowned for its welcome as much as it is for its vibrancy.
As Ireland's largest university, with its great strength and diversity of disciplines, UCD embraces its role to contribute to the flourishing of Ireland, Europe and the wider world. Built on the traditions of the past, we are a university of the future, connected and connecting, engaged and engaging, committed to a sustainable future built on a healthy biosphere. The University's Strategy 2020-2024 Rising to the Future outlines the objectives and major strategic initiatives set in place in order to accomplish UCD's mission and vision for this era.
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Folklore Fragments - Episode 27: The Banshee (with Professor Patricia Lysaght)
The Banshee is a well known supernatural figure in Irish folk tradition. In origin a patron goddess caring for the fortunes of her people, the banshee of folk belief is usually considered to be a harbinger of death, being said to follow certain families from generation to generation. Traditions about her are spread widely throughout the country, and for this episode of the podcast Jonny has the privilege of speaking with Professor Patricia Lysaght, who is the world authority on the topic of the Banshee.
Their discussion takes in the rich array of customs and beliefs concerning her, starting with an exploration of the names by which she is popularly known, before moving on to the ways in which she manifests to the people. Her function as a prognosticator of death in the community, the attitudes to life and death that are expressed through her, and the ways in which ancient ideas and motifs concerning her have survived to the modern day are further explored, with archival audio excerpts supplementing the conversation.
Patricia's book 'The Banshee: The Irish Supernatural Death Messenger' is the authoritative work on the topic, and is available to purchase online: www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchRe…anshee&kn=&isbn=
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Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | Mary E. Daly, Eunan O'Halpin, Síofra O'Donovan, Conor Mulvagh
UCD Decade of Centenaries: Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | UCD videos series commemorates centenary of execution of Kevin Barry
A new series of videos explores the life, death, and historical legacy of Kevin Barry, the first Irish republican to be executed during the War of Independence. It marks the Centenary of the Execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920 and is part of the UCD programme of events to commemorate the Decade of Centenaries.
Kevin Barry, a UCD Medical Student and member of H Company, 1st Battalion of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade, was captured on 20 September 1920 during a failed arms raid on British soldiers at Monk’s Bakery on Upper Church Street, near the corner of North King Street in Dublin city centre. Three British soldiers, Henry Washington, Matthew Whitehead, and Thomas Humphries, died as a result of the IRA ambush in which Kevin Barry was captured.
Barry was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging at Mountjoy Prison.
His death sentence provoked a massive reaction, nationally, globally, and among his fellow students at UCD. His eventual execution, coming a week after the death on hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, galvanised opposition to the British campaign of counterterror in Ireland which was at its height in the winter of 1920.
In 1934, UCD graduates commemorated Kevin Barry with a stained glass memorial which is now located in the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology on the Belfield Campus.
Mary Daly, Emeritus Professor of History, University College Dublin
Conor Mulvagh, Assistant Professor in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin
Síofra O’Donovan, Kevin Barry relative and author of Yours ‘Til Hell Freezes: A Memoir of Kevin Barry (Currach Books, 2020)
Eunan O’Halpin, Emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin, Kevin Barry relative and author of Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death (Merrion Press, 2020)
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Kevin Barry in Memorial and Memory | Dr Conor Mulvagh
UCD Decade of Centenaries: Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | UCD videos series commemorates centenary of execution of Kevin Barry
A new series of videos explores the life, death, and historical legacy of Kevin Barry, the first Irish republican to be executed during the War of Independence. It marks the Centenary of the Execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920 and is part of the UCD programme of events to commemorate the Decade of Centenaries.
Kevin Barry, a UCD Medical Student and member of H Company, 1st Battalion of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade, was captured on 20 September 1920 during a failed arms raid on British soldiers at Monk’s Bakery on Upper Church Street, near the corner of North King Street in Dublin city centre. Three British soldiers, Henry Washington, Matthew Whitehead, and Thomas Humphries, died as a result of the IRA ambush in which Kevin Barry was captured.
Barry was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging at Mountjoy Prison.
His death sentence provoked a massive reaction, nationally, globally, and among his fellow students at UCD. His eventual execution, coming a week after the death on hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, galvanised opposition to the British campaign of counterterror in Ireland which was at its height in the winter of 1920.
In 1934, UCD graduates commemorated Kevin Barry with a stained glass memorial which is now located in the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology on the Belfield Campus.
Mary Daly, Emeritus Professor of History, University College Dublin
Conor Mulvagh, Assistant Professor in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin
Síofra O’Donovan, Kevin Barry relative and author of Yours ‘Til Hell Freezes: A Memoir of Kevin Barry (Currach Books, 2020)
Eunan O’Halpin, Emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin, Kevin Barry relative and author of Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death (Merrion Press, 2020)
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Kevin Barry - Student, Dancer and Soldier | Síofra O'Donovan
UCD Decade of Centenaries: Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar -
Kevin Barry, UCD Medical Student and a member of H Company, 1st Battalion of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade, was the first Irish republican to be executed during the War of Independence. He had been captured on 20 September during a failed arms raid on British soldiers at Monk’s Bakery on Upper Church Street, near the corner of North King Street in Dublin city centre. Three British soldiers, Henry Washington, Matthew Whitehead, and Thomas Humphries, died as a result of the IRA ambush in which Kevin Barry was captured. Barry was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging at Mountjoy Prison. Kevin Barry’s death sentence provoked a massive reaction, nationally, globally, and among his fellow students at UCD. His eventual execution, coming a week after the death on hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, galvanised opposition to the British campaign of counterterror in Ireland which was at its height in the winter of 1920.
In 1934, UCD graduates commemorated Kevin Barry with a stained glass memorial which now sits in the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology on the Belfield Campus.
To mark the centenary of the execution of Kevin Barry, UCD has organised a series of videos which explore Kevin Barry, his life, times, death, and legacy.
This series features
Mary Daly, Emeritus Professor of History, University College Dublin
Conor Mulvagh, Assistant Professor in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin
Síofra O’Donovan, Kevin Barry relative and author of Yours ‘Til Hell Freezes: A Memoir of Kevin Barry (Currach Books, 2020)
Eunan O’Halpin, Emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin, Kevin Barry relative and author of Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death (Merrion Press, 2020)
Each contributor offers their individual reflections and insights on Kevin Barry in life and death followed by a roundtable discussion on the significance of Kevin Barry in Irish history and in subsequent commemoration up to the present.
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Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | Prof Eunan O'Halpin
UCD Decade of Centenaries: Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | UCD videos series commemorates centenary of execution of Kevin Barry
A new series of videos explores the life, death, and historical legacy of Kevin Barry, the first Irish republican to be executed during the War of Independence. It marks the Centenary of the Execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920 and is part of the UCD programme of events to commemorate the Decade of Centenaries.
Kevin Barry, a UCD Medical Student and member of H Company, 1st Battalion of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade, was captured on 20 September 1920 during a failed arms raid on British soldiers at Monk’s Bakery on Upper Church Street, near the corner of North King Street in Dublin city centre. Three British soldiers, Henry Washington, Matthew Whitehead, and Thomas Humphries, died as a result of the IRA ambush in which Kevin Barry was captured.
Barry was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging at Mountjoy Prison.
His death sentence provoked a massive reaction, nationally, globally, and among his fellow students at UCD. His eventual execution, coming a week after the death on hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, galvanised opposition to the British campaign of counterterror in Ireland which was at its height in the winter of 1920.
In 1934, UCD graduates commemorated Kevin Barry with a stained glass memorial which is now located in the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology on the Belfield Campus.
Mary Daly, Emeritus Professor of History, University College Dublin
Conor Mulvagh, Assistant Professor in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin
Síofra O’Donovan, Kevin Barry relative and author of Yours ‘Til Hell Freezes: A Memoir of Kevin Barry (Currach Books, 2020)
Eunan O’Halpin, Emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin, Kevin Barry relative and author of Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death (Merrion Press, 2020)
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Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | Prof Mary E. Daly
UCD Decade of Centenaries: Kevin Barry Centenary Public Seminar | UCD videos series commemorates centenary of execution of Kevin Barry
A new series of videos explores the life, death, and historical legacy of Kevin Barry, the first Irish republican to be executed during the War of Independence. It marks the Centenary of the Execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920 and is part of the UCD programme of events to commemorate the Decade of Centenaries.
Kevin Barry, a UCD Medical Student and member of H Company, 1st Battalion of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade, was captured on 20 September 1920 during a failed arms raid on British soldiers at Monk’s Bakery on Upper Church Street, near the corner of North King Street in Dublin city centre. Three British soldiers, Henry Washington, Matthew Whitehead, and Thomas Humphries, died as a result of the IRA ambush in which Kevin Barry was captured.
Barry was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging at Mountjoy Prison.
His death sentence provoked a massive reaction, nationally, globally, and among his fellow students at UCD. His eventual execution, coming a week after the death on hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, galvanised opposition to the British campaign of counterterror in Ireland which was at its height in the winter of 1920.
In 1934, UCD graduates commemorated Kevin Barry with a stained glass memorial which is now located in the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology on the Belfield Campus.
Mary Daly, Emeritus Professor of History, University College Dublin
Conor Mulvagh, Assistant Professor in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin
Síofra O’Donovan, Kevin Barry relative and author of Yours ‘Til Hell Freezes: A Memoir of Kevin Barry (Currach Books, 2020)
Eunan O’Halpin, Emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin, Kevin Barry relative and author of Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death (Merrion Press, 2020)
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Folklore Fragments - Episode 26: Seals In Folk Tradition
Seals have been an integral part of coastal life in Ireland for generations, and as such there exists a large body of tradition, belief and narrative regarding them. They were described in tradition as being enchanted people, wise women, fallen angels and drowned (or indeed reincarnated) fishermen, and encounters with them often relate how they would speak to, plead with or warn those fishermen who were about to attack or kill them out at sea or on the shore. Certain families in Ireland (Coneelys, O'Kanes, Dowds, O'Sheas and Gallaghers among them)were considered to have been the result of a union between a mortal and an enchanted seal, and many narrative accounts collected in Ireland describe how such unions came about when a mortal man who came upon a seal-woman in human form on the shore stole her cloak (which allowed her to change form) took her home, married her and had children with her, until one day she discovered her hidden cloak and left her children and husband to return to the sea.
For this month's edition of Blúiríní Jonny is joined by Ailbe van der Heide to discuss the topic of seals in folk tradition, join them as they traverse the coasts and islands around Ireland and further afield to consider the interplay between nature, culture, appearance and reality which is brought across by these liminal beings.
Some material mentioned in this episode:
'Monolingual Irish Speaker': www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP4nXlKJx…hannel=AnGhaeilge
Seán Ó hEinirí (John Henry) in conversation with Professor Séamas Ó Catháin of the Department of Irish Folklore. This video is from a documentary called 'In Search of the Trojan War' from 1985.
'People of the Sea' by David Thomson: www.goodreads.com/book/show/309401…eople_of_the_Sea
Bairbre Ní Fhloinn: 'Tadhg and Donncha...' in Islanders and Water Dwellers (1996) www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/folklor…ter-dwellers/
Linda May-Ballard: Seal Stories and Belief on Rathlin Island in Ulster Folklife
Martin Puhvel, 'The Seal in the Folklore of Northern Europe' Folklore, volume 74 issue 1: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080…7X.1963.9716898
Bo Almqvist 'Of Mermaids and Marriages. Seamus Heaney's 'Maighdean Mara' and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's 'an
Mhaighdean Mhara' in the Light of Folk Tradition', Béaloideas, Iml. 58 (1990), pp. 1-74 (Available online through JSTOR)
Alexander H. Krappe, 'Scandinavian Seal Lore', Scandinavian Studies , Vol. 18, No. 4 (1944)
pp. 156-162
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Belfield 50 - Official Launch
Official Launch of Belfield 50 - A celebration of 50 years of University College Dublin at the Belfield campus and the official launch of the component parts of the project.
29 September 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the main move by UCD from Earlsfort Terrace to Belfield, with University administration, and the faculties of arts, social sciences, law and commerce joining science on the new campus. We will be taking the opportunity over the coming year to celebrate what makes this campus so special, its foundations, its buildings, its memories and its people. Over the past six decades generations of students have spent their formative years on the Belfield campus and their time at UCD has helped mould their life journeys.
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Conveying Space | Daniel Holfeld Photography Exhibition | Belfield 50
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Shaping Belfield | Belfield 50: Celebrating 50 Years at UCD Belfield
A short film on the shaping of the Belfield campus, this educational and experiential film, in broad chronological terms, tells the story of the architectural development of UCD at the Belfield campus.
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29 September 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the main move by UCD from Earlsfort Terrace to Belfield, with University administration, and the faculties of arts, social sciences, law and commerce joining science on the new campus. We will be taking the opportunity over the coming year to celebrate what makes this campus so special, its foundations, its buildings, its memories and its people. Over the past six decades generations of students have spent their formative years on the Belfield campus and their time at UCD has helped mould their life journeys.
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Income inequality, class voting & Political Conflict | Europe's New Political Economy Podcast S03E04
This episode’s guest is Kevin Cunningham, lecturer in politics at Technological University Dublin. Aidan Regan and him debate the ways in which different social cleavages—age, income, gender, occupation—structure voting patterns in countries like Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the US.
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Are Sinn Féin a Left Populist Party? - Eoin Ó Broin | Europe's New Political Economy Podcast S03E03
Aidan Regan discusses left populism and Irish politics with Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing, Planning & Local Govt and Teachta Dála for Dublin Mid-West.
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–Check our webpage! http://www.newpoliticaleconomyeurope.eu/
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