Research
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Beginning from a sound bedrock of valuable received knowledge the department aims to explore and impact on the contemporary discipline of folklore and ethnology through original, innovative and quality research and teaching. This cannot be achieved without publications that encourage a wider discussion and debate on crucial cultural processes nationally and internationally and contribute new knowledge to the base of the discipline. Nowhere is this more evident than in the published output of academic staff and postgraduates. The quality of the research carried out by members of the department has been acknowledged in various ways. The innovative work of one of the founders of the department, Associate Professor Gear贸id 脫 Crualaoich, The Book of the Cailleach, has also been welcomed by a wide readership of artists and academics alike. Locating Irish Folklore by Dr Diarmuid 脫 Gioll谩in won the Katherine Briggs Folklore Prize, for the best folklore book first published in the UK and Ireland, in the year 2000. Several books written by Head of Department Dr Stiof谩n 脫 Cadhla received accolades, C谩 bhFuil 脡ire? Guth an Ghaisce i bPr贸s She谩in U铆 R铆ord谩in one 鈥楤ook of the Year鈥� by the national cultural organization, Cumann Merriman in 1999, while and An tSlat F茅ithleoige: Eolas agus Eala铆n an D煤chais, another was given first prize at the Oireachtas Literary Competition in 2010. A Faculty of Arts Research Achievement Award was won by Diarmuid 脫 Gioll谩in in 2004. The work of Dr Lillis 脫 Laoire, Ar Chreag ar L谩r na Farraige, recently translated as A Rock in the Middle of the Ocean was originally submitted as a doctoral thesis in the department. Dr Cl铆ona O鈥機arroll published edited interviews with some of Cork鈥檚 inhabitants as How鈥檚 it Going Boy? in 2006. Dr Marie-Annick Desplanques published Folktales from Western Newfoundland in 1985. The department publishes a postgraduate journal of some standing 叠茅补蝉肠苍补 (see the link on these pages); as part of ongoing research projects in the urban community CD-Rom, DVDs, CDs and short films have been published. Please view staff publications and research projects for more information.
Taighde
Bunaithe ar dh煤shraith buan d鈥檈olas luachmhar d煤chasach cuireann an Roinn roimpi taisc茅aladh intleachtach a fh谩gfaidh rian ar dh谩mh chomhaimseartha l茅ann an bh茅aloidis agus na heitneola铆ochta. D鈥檉honn an toradh f贸nta sin a bhaint amach t茅imid i muin铆n na an teagaisc agus an taighde bhun煤il chinnriain. Is f谩nach a bheith ag tabhairt faoina leith茅id gan foilseach谩in a spreagann d铆osp贸ireacht agus cur tr铆 ch茅ile timpeall ar phr贸isis phr谩inneacha cult煤rtha ar bhonn n谩isi煤nta agus idirn谩isi煤nta a chuireann le heolas agus le heagna铆ocht an tsaoil mh贸ir ar deireadh. D谩 chomhartha sin t谩 aitheantas nach beag bainte amach ag foilseach谩in 茅ags煤la de chuid fhoireann na Roinne le tamall de bhlianta anuas. T谩 aird lucht eala铆ne agus l茅inn tarraingthe ag saothar ceannr贸da铆och an Ollamh Gear贸id 脫 Crualaoich, The Book of the Cailleach. Bhuaigh Locating Irish Folklore leis an Docht煤ir Diarmuid 脫 Gioll谩in Duais Katherine Briggs don Folklore, don leabhar is fearr ar bh茅aloideas a foils铆odh sa bhliain 2000. T谩 aitheantas bainte amach ag peidhre leabhar de chuid an Docht煤ir Stiof谩n 脫 Cadhla, bhronn Cumann Merriman 鈥楲eabhar na Bliana鈥� ar C谩 bhFuil 脡ire? Guth an Ghaisce i bPr贸s She谩in U铆 R铆ord谩in sa bhliain1999, agus bhuaigh An tSlat F茅ithleoige: Eolas agus Eala铆n an D煤chais, an ch茅ad duais do shaothar liteartha ag Oireachtas 2010. T谩 saothar an Docht煤ir Lillis U铆 Laoire, Ar Chreag ar L谩r na Farraige, tiontaithe go B茅arla le d茅ana铆 mar A Rock in the Middle of the Ocean bunaithe ar thaighde docht煤ireachta i Roinn an Bh茅aloidis. D鈥檉hoilsigh Dr Marie-Annick Desplanques Folktales from Western Newfoundland sa bhliain 1985. Chuir an Docht煤ir Cl铆ona 脫 Carroll How鈥檚 it Going Boy?, agallaimh le cuid de mhuintir na cathrach i gcl贸 sa bhliain 2006 Foils铆onn an Roinn iris iarch茅ime 叠茅补蝉肠苍补 (f茅ach an nasc ar na leathanaigh seo); mar chuid de thionscnaimh thaighde foils铆onn an Roinn CD-Rom, f铆sdhiosca铆 digiteacha, dl煤thdhiosca铆 fuaime agus scann谩in. Teir go dt铆 foilseach谩in na f贸ire agus go dt铆 tionscnaimh thaighde dona thuilleadh eolais.