Richard Murphy: Autobiography and the Connemara landscape by Elsa Meihuizen

“…For Murphy committing to a life of writing poetry necessarily means being in the Connemara landscape. Returning to this environment in adulthood represents a quest for recovering childhood feelings, of belonging and love, as connected to particular places. …”
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Nutritional muscular dystrophy in a four-day-old Connemara foal by Katz LM, O'Dwyer S, Pollock PJ

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>This report describes a four-day-old, full-term Connemara colt, presented for the evaluation of a progressive inability to rise unassisted. …”
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SERPINB11 frameshift variant associated with novel hoof specific phenotype in Connemara ponies. by Carrie J Finno, Carlynn Stevens, Amy Young, Verena Affolter, Nikhil A Joshi, Sheila Ramsay, Danika L Bannasch

“…An inherited disease characterized by a phenotype restricted to the dorsal hoof wall was identified in the Connemara pony. Hoof wall separation disease (HWSD) manifests clinically as separation of the dorsal hoof wall along the weight-bearing surface of the hoof during the first year of life. …”
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Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach by Victoria Lindsay-McGee, Enrique Sanchez-Molano, Georgios Banos, Emily L. Clark, Richard J. Piercy, Androniki Psifidi

“…Abstract Background The Connemara pony (CP) is an Irish breed that has experienced varied selection by breeders over the last fifty years, with objectives ranging from the traditional hardy pony to an agile athlete. …”
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⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar and U-Pb geochronological constraints on the thermal and tectonic evolution of the Connemara Caledonides, Western Ireland by Friedrich, Anke Maria

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Sean-nós i gConamara / Sean-nós in Connemara: Digital Media and Oral Tradition in the West of Ireland by Holly Hobbs

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Ecohydrological analysis of a groundwater influenced blanket bog: occurrence of Schoenus nigricans in Roundstone Bog, Connemara, Ireland by A.P. Grootjans, G. Hensgens, R. Hogenboom, B. Aarts, J. Manschot, J.G.M. Roelofs

“…To test this hypothesis we carried out an ecohydrological field study at a large blanket bog in the western part of Connemara, Ireland. We described peat profiles in two transects and sampled pore water from peat at different depths. …”
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Entretien avec Nicolas Mathieu, auteur d’Aux animaux la guerre (2014), Leurs enfants après eux (2018) et Connemara (2021) by Alice Jacquelin

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Ó Dhaoirse go Saoirse?: Staidéar Téacsúil Aiteach ar dhrámaí Mhichíl Uí Chonghaile by Seán Mac Risteaird

“…Focusing on Cúigear Chonamara (2003) [The Connemara Five], Jude (2007), and Go dTaga do Ríocht (2009) [Thy Kingdom Come], this paper will address how subversive identities interact and counteract with the Connemara landscape, with language, and with the notion of the home and family. …”
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OROCLINAL BENDING IN THE CALEDONIDES OF WESTERN IRELAND by Smethurst, M, Macniocaill, C, Ryan, P

“…This implies that the underlying Dalradian rocks of the Connemara Massif to the south must also have undergone clockwise rotation in late Silurian/early Devonian time. …”

DISSOLUTION KINETICS OF CARRERA MARBLE, PORTLAND STONE AND SEVERAL LIMESTONES IN ACID WATERS by Compton, R, Walker, C, Unwin, P, House, W

“…The rate of dissolution (at 25°C), in acidic waters (dilute hydrochloric acid, pH 3), of six calcium carbonate containing rocks (Carrera marble, Portland stone, Abbeytown limestone, freshwater limestone, chalk and Connemara marble) has been studied using the channel flow cell method. …”

DDB2 Genetic Risk Factor for Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma Identified in Three Additional Horse Breeds by Margo Crausaz, Thomas Launois, Kathryn Smith-Fleming, Annette M. McCoy, Kelly E. Knickelbein, Rebecca R. Bellone

“…The DDB2 risk allele frequency was estimated to be 0.0043 for Holsteiners (<i>N</i> = 115), 0.014 for Belgian Warmbloods (<i>N</i> = 71), and 0.22 for Connemara Ponies (<i>N</i> = 86). Taken together these data support using DNA testing for DDB2 in Connemara Ponies to assist in mate selection and clinical management. …”
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Breed and ruminal fraction effects on bacterial and archaeal community composition in sheep by Steven McLoughlin, Charles Spillane, Francis P. Campion, Noel Claffey, Chrystian C. Sosa, Yvonne McNicholas, Paul E. Smith, Michael G. Diskin, Sinéad M. Waters

“…Solid, liquid and epithelial rumen samples were obtained from a total of 36 lambs, across 4 different sheep breeds (Cheviot (n = 10), Connemara (n = 6), Lanark (n = 10) and Perth (n = 10)), undergoing detailed measurements of feed efficiency, who were offered a nut based cereal diet ad-libitum supplemented with grass silage. …”
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Birth of first foals through embryo transfer after artificial insemination using frozen semen in Japan by M A HANNAN, Shingo HANEDA, Kaishi MURATA, Shiori TAKEUCHI, Soon Hon CHEONG, Yasuo NAMBO

“…We expect that this new crossbreed (Connemara pony × Hokkaido native pony) will be a good riding breed.…”
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« J’étais un vrai âne » : réflexions d’un locuteur natif sur l’évolution de la pratique du gaélique irlandais au XXe siècle by Jean Le Dû

“…Chonraí was born in 1919 and was a member of one of forty Connemara Gaelic-speaking families that were resettled in County Meath in 1935 by the Irish government to revitalise the vernacular in this anglicised region. …”
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Immune response to allogeneic equine mesenchymal stromal cells by J. Lacy Kamm, Christopher B. Riley, Natalie A. Parlane, Erica K. Gee, C. Wayne McIlwraith

“…Methods Bone marrow was harvested from Connemara (n = 1), Standardbred (n = 6), and Thoroughbred (n = 3) horses. …”
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“Folklore seeks out the things that are not permitted in official discourse”. An Interview with Lillis Ó Laoire by José Francisco Fernández

“…He has co-authored a book (with Seán Williams) on the great Connemara singer Joe Heaney, Bright Star of the West (Oxford UP, 2011). …”
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Versions récentes de la légende de Tristan et Iseut au cinéma : entre prosaïsme et puérilité y avait-il un autre choix ? by François Amy de la Bretèque

“…On part ici du film méconnu d’Yvan Lagrange (1973) pour arriver au dessin animé de Thierry Schiel (2002) en passant par le Connemara de Louis Grospierre (1988) puis on élargit le champ, en evisageant les adaptations non directes. …”
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The value of Irish schwa: An acoustic analysis of epenthetic vowels by McCullough, Kerry

“…Six native-Irish speakers were recruited for this experiment representing all three major dialects of the language: three speakers from Cork (Munster), two speakers from Donegal (Ulster), one speaker from Connemara (Connacht). Participants read from the word list, reading each word twice. …”
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What Role Does Rural Place Play in the Lives of Mid-Life Women in Sweden and Ireland? by Alison Herbert

“…Qualitative data were gathered in 2019 from ten women living in Sweden’s rural Värmland region, and in 2012–2013 from 25 women living in Ireland’s rural Connemara region. Adopting a social constructionist approach within a lifecourse framework, methodology was informed by constructivist grounded theory, using one-to-one semi-structured interviews. …”
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