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Brianne Sullivan, Caroline Gillan and the postgraduate and postdoctoral community at CHSTM who<br />

provided me with support, advice and nights out when I was in Manchester as a visiting student.<br />

I am very thankful to the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences which provided<br />

me with a postgraduate fellowship from 2008-2010 to undertake my research. This support was crucial<br />

to my PhD. I am grateful also to the Department <strong>of</strong> History <strong>of</strong> NUI <strong>Galway</strong> which provided me with a<br />

fellowship in the first year <strong>of</strong> my PhD study to cover my fees, and to the Arts Faculty for two travel<br />

grants. I am also grateful to the Wellcome Trust for a travel expenses grant which supported research<br />

trips in my first year <strong>of</strong> study.<br />

Finally, I owe a huge debt <strong>of</strong> thanks to my parents, John and Angela, and my brothers, Seán and<br />

Ciarán. My parents have always been extremely supportive <strong>of</strong> me and were always there for me<br />

through the highs and lows <strong>of</strong> the PhD experience. Thanks to Dad for help with the graphs and statistics<br />

in the thesis, for pro<strong>of</strong>-reading it and for helping me with the printing. Thank you both for your<br />

encouragement and unyielding support and faith in me.<br />

Laura Kelly, August 2010<br />

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