Adrian Kirwan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1468758 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Kirwan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirwan |
| SIGNATURE | KIRWAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Ireland, Maynooth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0771-3092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Telephone Company of Ireland, 1878–93
This article provides the first comprehensive study of the early development of telephony in Ireland. It begins by exploring the technology's promotion, highlighting that this drew on a much older tradition of public displays of electricity often for educational and recreational purposes. The article builds on this overview of electrical display to discuss early telephone users and the establishment of the Telephone Company of Ireland in 1882 to …
ChatGPT and university teaching, learning and assessment
Since its arrival in late 2022, ChatGPT has occupied the minds of academics, administrators and students. Reactions to the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) have varied but significant anxieties about their impact on assessment have arisen. To address these concerns, this article serves three purposes; firstly, it seeks to gauge the discourse surrounding Large Language Models (LLMs) focusing on ChatGPT. In doing so, it explores general an…
‘By Electric Telegraph’
From the 1850s, with the establishment of a commercial Irish telegraph network, telegraphic intelligence became integral to the operation of Irish newspapers. While scholars have noted the impact of this intelligence on the content of Irish newspapers, our understanding of its collection and delivery is negligible. This article provides the first comprehensive study of the organisation of telegraphic intelligence in Ireland, c.1850–80. In doing s…
Shaping Communications
Despite Ireland's centrality to transatlantic telegraphic communication and as an integral part of the United Kingdom, telegraphy on the island is often merely a footnote in the scholarship. Yet telegraphy had a significant impact in Ireland, accelerating internal and external communication times. This article provides the first comprehensive study of telegraphy's expansion, from its arrival in Ireland in the 1850s until the eve of nationalizatio…
Sociability, radium and the maintenance of scientific culture and authority in twentieth-century Ireland
This article, through a case study of the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), traces the reception, experimentation with, and uses of radium in early twentieth-century Ireland. Throughout the nineteenth century there was increasing state intervention in the provision of scientific and technical education in Ireland. This culminated in the loss of the RDS's traditional role in this area. The article demonstrates that the RDS was forced to re-envisage its …
R.L. Edgeworth and optical telegraphy in Ireland, c. 1790–1805
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R.L. Edgeworth and optical telegraphy in Ireland, c. 1790–1805
Sociability, radium and the maintenance of scientific culture and authority in twentieth-century Ireland
This article, through a case study of the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), traces the reception, experimentation with, and uses of radium in early twentieth-century Ireland. Throughout the nineteenth century there was increasing state intervention in the provision of scientific and technical education in Ireland. This culminated in the loss of the RDS's traditional role in this area. The article demonstrates that the RDS was forced to re-envisage its …
‘By Electric Telegraph’
From the 1850s, with the establishment of a commercial Irish telegraph network, telegraphic intelligence became integral to the operation of Irish newspapers. While scholars have noted the impact of this intelligence on the content of Irish newspapers, our understanding of its collection and delivery is negligible. This article provides the first comprehensive study of the organisation of telegraphic intelligence in Ireland, c.1850–80. In doing s…
Shaping Communications
Despite Ireland's centrality to transatlantic telegraphic communication and as an integral part of the United Kingdom, telegraphy on the island is often merely a footnote in the scholarship. Yet telegraphy had a significant impact in Ireland, accelerating internal and external communication times. This article provides the first comprehensive study of telegraphy's expansion, from its arrival in Ireland in the 1850s until the eve of nationalizatio…
ChatGPT and university teaching, learning and assessment
Since its arrival in late 2022, ChatGPT has occupied the minds of academics, administrators and students. Reactions to the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) have varied but significant anxieties about their impact on assessment have arisen. To address these concerns, this article serves three purposes; firstly, it seeks to gauge the discourse surrounding Large Language Models (LLMs) focusing on ChatGPT. In doing so, it explores general an…
The Telephone Company of Ireland, 1878–93
This article provides the first comprehensive study of the early development of telephony in Ireland. It begins by exploring the technology's promotion, highlighting that this drew on a much older tradition of public displays of electricity often for educational and recreational purposes. The article builds on this overview of electrical display to discuss early telephone users and the establishment of the Telephone Company of Ireland in 1882 to …
Sociology (4 works) · Irish (3 works) · History of Science and Natural History (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Scottish History and National Identity (2 works) · Telecommunications (2 works) · Telegraphy (2 works) · Telephony (2 works) · Academic integrity (1 work)