The Material Culture of Courtship and the Traveller Wedding
Bronagh O'Connor
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Irish Material Culture
15,000-20,000 words
The Irish Toy Making Industry 1850-1950 with Particular Emphasis on Rural Ireland
Sorcha O'Donnell
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2005
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Children's Toys
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid 19th to Mid 20th Century
Supervisor: Nicola Gordon Bowe
Designing Visibility: Dublin Street Lighting in 1938
Saive O’Donoghue
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Street Lighting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century
15,000-20,000 words
The Model Farm Kitchen: The ICA as an Agent of Modernity, 1950-65
Bernadette O’Neill
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2015
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century
15,000-20,000 words
A Contextual Study of the Display of Ornamental China in the 17th and 18th Irish Interior
Clare O'Reilly
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: China
Country: Ireland
Period: 17th and 18th Century
Supervisor: Nicola Gordon Bowe
15,000-20,000 words
The Dublin Tramway: Navigating the Nexus in the Early Twentieth Century
Glen O’Sullivan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2013
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Early 20th century
Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words
The Material Culture of Medicine in the Irish Home c.1760 - c.1830
Emma O'Toole
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2008
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture and Medical History
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century
Supervisor: Anna Moran
15,000-20,000 words
The Material Culture of Packaging and Advertising in the Irish Flour Milling Industry (1920-1970)
Stephen Odlum
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2013
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th century
Supervisor: Dr Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words
Watchmaker, Silversmith, Goldsmith, Bullion Dealer, Diamond and Pearl Merchant: The Clandestine World of Nineteenth Century High End Pawnbroking
Charlotte Pollard
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2014
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th century
15,000-20,000 words
Right and Correct: WMD McCormick's Seven Donegal Churches
Carole Pollard
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words
In Fashion, in Fabrics: The Influence of Tradition and Modernity in the Branding and Advertising of Moygashel Fabrics 1940's- 1960's
Lucy Proctor
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2012
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century
15,000-20,000 words
Investigation of the Role in which the Pocket Watch had Taken in Nineteenth Century Britain and Ireland
David Paul Purcell
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Pocket Watch
Country: Ireland and Britain
Period: 19th Century
Supervisor: Niamh O’Sullivan
15,000-20,000 words
'Not Just a Daisy on a Plate' : Ceramic Design in The Kilkenny Design Workshops 1963-1980
Joanna Quinn
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2005
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Ceramics
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century
Supervisor: Nicola Gordon Bowe
15,000-20,000 words
Irish Civic Maces, A Study of their Historical, Artistic and Social Contexts
Anne-Marie Quinn
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Maces
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century
Supervisor: John Turpin
15,000-20,000 words
Treasure Beneath our Feet: The Kildare Street Mosaics; Mosaic Design Embodying an 1880's Global Vision
Gabrielle Qwynn
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2014
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th century
Supervisor: Dr Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words
The Rise and Decline of Dublin's South City Markets (1875-1894)
Janet Redmond
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2008
MA Design
Subject: Architecture and Material Culture
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 19th Century
Supervisor: Dr Nicola Gordan Bowe
15,000-20,000 words
Fancy Dress Ball Costumes in Dublin, 1886-1914
Grainne Reidy
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2009
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Late 19th and early 20th Century
15,000-20,000 words
The Material Culture of Blood Donation in Ireland, 1950 - 1975
Teresa Reilly
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2011
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century
15,000-20,000 words
Designing a Critique: Exploring the use of Design History and Material Culture as a manifestation of Critical Theory in the practice of Andrea Zittel
Pamela Ryan
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2014
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: U.S.A
Period: 20th Century and 21st Century
15,000-20,000 words
Consuming Fantasies: An 1881 Illustrated Pattern Book Gives Insight into the Cutlery Design as a Mode of Cultural Expression
Mirjam Schiller
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2009
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Period: 19th Century
15,000-20,000 words
The Singer Sewing Machine in Ireland: An Examination of the Singer Company
Janet Searson
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century to 20th Century
15,000-20,000 words
Quaker Dress in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century
Carol Smith
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2012
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century
15,000-20,000 words
Material Gentility: A Study of the Life and Possessions of Richard Edgeworth Esq., 1701-1770
Lorraine Smith
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2010
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century
15,000-20,000 words
From Factory to Floor: The Role of Navan Carpets in Ireland 1958-1972
Maeve Sookram
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2015
MA Design History and Material Culture
Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid-20th Century
Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words