National Centre of Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology

Research output

Research output per year 2005 2019 2020 2021 2024

• 1 Citations
• 1 h-index
• 50 Other contribution
• 6 Article
• 4 Book
• 4 Paper
• 10 More
  • 3 Review article
  • 3 Exhibition
  • 1 Chapter
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Conference article
  • 1 Digital or Visual Products

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A short history of mermaids in Irish folklore

  Mc Garry, M., 29 Aug 2024, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • mermaid 100%
  • Tragic 50%
  • Folk tale 50%

• How our ancestors celebrated Easter after 40 harsh days of Lent

  Mc Garry, M., 1 Apr 2024, 1 p. Irish Examiner.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Egg 100%
  • Dairy Product 100%
  • Denial 100%

• How our ancestors were recycling long before green bins

  Mc Garry, M., 5 Jul 2024, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Ancestors 100%

• The traditions associated with pregnancy and births in Irish folklore

  Mc Garry, M., 24 Apr 2024, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Childbirth 100%

• The Year In Ireland: a vital collection of Irish folk customs and beliefs

  Mc Garry, M., 19 Jan 2024, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Twentieth Century 100%
  • Folk 100%

• What we've learned about Michael Collins from his 1918 Sligo jail diary

  Mc Garry, M., 20 Apr 2024, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Diary 100%
• 2023

  'A good send-off': why food plays a major role in Irish wakes and funerals

  Mc Garry, M., 2023, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Brainstorming 100%

• How Ireland used to celebrate St Brigid's Day in the past

  Mc Garry, M., 30 Jan 2023, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • holy 100%
  • gusto 100%

• Nollaig Na hÉireann: Christmas Day on RTE Radio 1

  Mc Garry, M., 25 Dec 2023, RTE Radio 1.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Christmas 100%
  • Celebrations 50%

• 'Whipping the herring': how Easter used to be celebrated in Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 2023, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Ireland 100%

• Why bonfires blaze across Ireland on St John's Eve

  Mc Garry, M., 23 Jun 2023, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access
• 2022

  How to reinvent iconic Irish traditional furniture

  Mc Garry, M., 2022, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Tradition 100%
  • National Museums 100%
  • country life 100%
  • Iconic 100%

• How trees were of huge importance in Irish folklore and history

  Mc Garry, M., 2022, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Spiritual 100%
  • Ancestors 100%
  • Firewood 100%

• The strange world of Irish folk cures, herbal remedies and faith healers

  Mc Garry, M., 2022, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Folk 100%
  • Healers 100%
  • Herbal Remedy 100%
  • Psychology 100%
  • Ritual 50%

• Why November 11th was a day for blood sacrifice rites in Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 2022, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Sheep 100%
  • Pig 100%

• Why the last Sunday in July was celebrated in Ireland of old

  Mc Garry, M., 28 Jul 2022, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Bilberry 100%
  • Sunday 100%
  • Ireland 100%

• Why Whit Sunday is the unluckiest day of the year

  Mc Garry, M., 2022, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access
• 2021

  Are the wrong chairs and desks causing injuries for home workers?

  Mc Garry, M., 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Injury 100%
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorder 100%

• Death, sex, superstition and fear: the hawthorn tree in Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Crataegus 100%

• How the bungalow took over the Irish landscape

  Mc Garry, M., 7 Dec 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Irish Landscape 100%
  • bungalow 100%
  • self-published book 100%
  • Domestic architecture 100%

• How to mark St Brigid's Day: Biddy Boys, holy water and dreams of love

  Mc Garry, M., 1 Feb 2021, 1 p. Irish Independent .

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • holy 100%
  • Goddess 100%
  • Pagan 100%
  • Praise 100%

• Nollaig na mBan: Interview on RTE Morning Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 6 Jan 2021, Dublin : RTE Radio 1.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Pandemic Architecture – How disease influences design

  Mc Garry, M., 1 Jan 2021, Self Build Ireland Magazine.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Architecture Design 100%
  • Interior Design 100%
  • Urban Development 50%

• The love lives of our 19th century ancestors

  Mc Garry, M., 11 Feb 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Ancestors 100%
  • Nineteenth Century 100%
  • Romance 50%

• The Michaelmas customs associated with September 29th in Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• The stories behind Irish harvest customs

  Mc Garry, M., 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• The superstitions and mysteries around Ireland's 'fairy forts'

  Mc Garry, M., 27 Jul 2021, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Will Ireland's pubs survive? Interview with BBC World Business Report

  Mc Garry, M., 15 Jul 2021, BBC World Service.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Ireland 100%
  • Rural Areas 33%
• 2020

  A guide to piseogs, Ireland's sinister folk magic spells

  Mc Garry, M., 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Folk 100%
  • Evil 100%
  • Magic Spell 100%
  • Connotation 100%

• Covid-19: when panic, conspiracy theories and quack cures collide

  Mc Garry, M., 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • fake 100%
  • Conspiracy theory 100%
  • Pandemic 100%
  • Immunity 100%

• Halloween: A merry gathering in the face of fear

  Mc Garry, M., 30 Oct 2020, Irish Humanities Alliance blog.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• How the Irish really invented Halloween: a short film

  Mc Garry, M. (Editor), 28 Oct 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Life under lockdown: the 1832 cholera epidemic

  Mc Garry, M., 2020, Irish Humanities Alliance blog.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• The evolution of the Irish funeral ritual

  Mc Garry, M., 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Coronavirinae 100%

• The historic traditions around Pancake Tuesday in Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 24 Feb 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• The roots and traditions of Nollaig na mBan

  Mc Garry, M., 3 Jan 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Tradition 100%
  • Ritual 100%
  • Folk 100%
  • Christmas 100%

• The story behind Pancake Tuesday: Interview on RTE News at One.

  Mc Garry, M., 25 Feb 2020, RTE Radio 1.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Tradition 100%

• When Lent in Ireland meant no sex, music, alcohol or merrymaking

  Mc Garry, M., 26 Feb 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Denial 100%

• Why Heritage Matters

  Mc Garry, M., 14 Aug 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Why Ireland's older pubs are part of our cultural heritage

  Mc Garry, M., 2020, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Cultural Heritage 100%
  • pubs 100%
  • Ireland 100%
  • Tradition 50%
  • decor 50%
• 2019

  A day off from Lent: St Patrick's Day traditions from the past

  Mc Garry, M., 15 Mar 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Tradition 100%

• A guide to Irish Halloween magic spells

  Mc Garry, M., 30 Oct 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• A potted history of change in the Phoenix Park

  Mc Garry, M., 1 Jul 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Fire, water, light and luck: Bealtaine traditions in Ireland

  Mc Garry, M., 29 Apr 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• How our ancestors enjoyed a sustainable Christmas: recycling our folk traditions for 'greener' festivities

  Mc Garry, M., 19 Dec 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Ancestors 100%
  • Christmas 100%
  • Festivity 100%
  • Folk Tradition 100%
  • Tradition 50%

• Room to improve: the homes of Ireland's 19th century rural poor

  Mc Garry, M., 8 Jan 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Say yes to the dress: Irish wedding traditions back in the day

  Mc Garry, M., 26 Feb 2019, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Tradition 100%
  • dresses 100%
  • Ritual 50%
• 2018

  7 things you probably didn't know about Áras an Uachtaráin

  Mc Garry, M., 2018, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Seven Irish Christmas traditions

  Mc Garry, M., 2018, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Tradition 100%
  • Christmas 100%
  • Popular 33%

• Was Dracula Irish?

  Mc Garry, M., 31 Oct 2018, RTÉ Brainstorm.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • Dracula 100%