Ciaran O'Neill

The Irish Schoolboy Novel

I   , Vive Moi! Seán O’Faoláin recalled a Sunday morning ritual from his childhood in Cork City. His father, a member of the local Royal Irish Constabulary, would lead Seán and his brothers to Wellington Barracks, where they would join the loyal citizens of Edwardian Cork in saluting the church parade of the local British Army regiment. O’Faoláin remembered a connection he once had made, listening faithfully to “God Save the King” at his father’s knee:

An advanced, low cost prosthetic arm

An advanced, low cost prosthetic arm was developed for trans-radial amputees based on the need for access to more advanced limbs for those of limited monetary means. The design of the arm was greatly assisted by the current boom in open source technology and hobby level rapid prototyping. The mechanical structure of the arm is entirely 3D printed while the electronics are loosely based on the Arduino Mega. The EMG sensors are replicas of the open source Advancer Technologies EMG kit. The overall manufacturing process was completed through the use of readily available hand tools and a RepRap 3D printer. The total cost of materials for one complete arm is approximately €460 (

Negotiating public history in the Republic of Ireland: collaborative, applied and usable practices for the profession

640). Currently the arm is controlled via the contraction of either the wrist extensor or flexor. Various grip patterns can be chosen to deal with various situations, giving the hand the greatest flexibility. Current feedback from each finger allows for force limiting and also provides an input for basic mechano-tactile haptic feedback.

Catholics of Consequence: Transnational Education, Social Mobility, and the Irish Catholic Elite 1850-1900

Since the nineteen-seventies public history has emerged as an increasingly coherent discipline in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and, latterly, in a wider European context. In all of these places it has had a connected but distinctly different gestation, and the nature of how history is applied, constructed, proffered or sold for public consumption is unique to each society. In Ireland, and within the history profession connected to it, its meaning is yet to be fully explored. Recent talks, symposia and conferences have established the term in the public imagination. As it is presently conceived public history in Ireland either relates specifically to commemorative events and the effect historians might have on official discourse relating to them, or to a series of controversial and contested historiographical debates. This article, by contrast, seeks a wider, more inclusive definition that includes the ‘public’ as an actor in it.