Órla Meadhbh Murray

Staff Writer 

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Discipline: Sociology

Research Interests: Feminism, research methods, education, identity, activism. You can read more here.

If you were a box of cereal what would you be and why:  Can I be a bagel? I don't eat much cereal anymore, but if I had to be I'd be Weetos; they were a staple of my childhood.

What did you want to be when you grew up: Apparently I once told my parents I wanted to be a boxer, a ballerina, and a nurse ... none of these feature in my current future plans.

Where are you right now: In the West Wing, the postgraduate study room for SPS students.

Tell us something about another staff writer: Eloi is a wonderful dancer and wants to show everyone.

Órla's Articles

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A Crying Shame: Emotional Labour in Activism
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A Tale of Two Votes: What about Equal Marriage in Northern Ireland?
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A Tale of Two Votes: What about Equal Marriage in Northern Ireland?
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It is a funny time to be gay in Northern Ireland. First the UK re-elects the most horrendous Conservative government, but even they knew the time had come to legalise equal marriage. Then the Republic of Ireland votes Yes in an equal marriage referendum, the first country in the world to bring it in by popular vote.

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Home is Where the Heart (of Midlothian) Is: On Feeling at Home and Immigration
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“It’s all a pile of bourgeois shite”: Class, Culture, and the Edinburgh Festivals
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“It’s all a pile of bourgeois shite”: Class, Culture, and the Edinburgh Festivals
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A few weeks ago I visited the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh for the first time to see part of the Art Festival and GENERATION – a Scotland-wide celebration of Scottish art.

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