Niamh Kitching

Lecturer in Physical Education

Mary Immaculate College

Ireland

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Dr. Niamh Kitching is a Lecturer in Physical Education at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland. Her research interests include embodied experiences of sport, feminist narratives in sports, early athletic identity formation, and the engagement of pre-service teachers in physical education. She has published several articles exploring these themes, highlighting issues related to gender and identity in sport.

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Stuart Whigham

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Oxford Brookes University

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Frank Houghton

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University of Nottingham

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Niamh Kitching

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Articles (18)

Early Athletic Identity Formation and Development: Perceptions of Elite Gaelic Athletes

Children's views on women in sport: Locating feminist narratives

A scoping review of research about women in sport

‘I’ll do it tomorrow’: supporting the engagement of primary pre-service teachers through blended, inquiry-based learning

‘What do you love about sport?’ Exploring boys’ and girls’ embodied experiences of sport

‘Is she married, single or available?’ Standing out and blending in as a woman working in sports media

Learning about meaningful physical education in physical education teacher education

‘Didn’t know she could shout that loud’: the performance of fandom among women followers of women’s golf

“I’m Obviously a Sucker for Punishment”: Responses to Audience Interactions Used by Women Working in Sports Media

National identities, European identity and cosmopolitanism: The case of female golf fans at the 2019 Solheim Cup

‘The golf course doesn’t know what gender you are’: feminist perspectives in the online blog of a female professional golfer

Using the ecological-intersectional model to explore the experiences and perceptions of volunteer women ladies Gaelic football coaches in Ireland

“I’m a hurler … basically just a hurler”: a mixed methods study of the athletic identity of elite Irish Gaelic Athletic Association dual career athletes

A case for change in how we refer to dual career athletes: a person first approach

Selling Scotland? Selling women’s golf? The 2019 Solheim Cup in the ‘Home of Golf’

‘Wow these girls can play’: sex integration in professional golf

‘Write when it hurts. Then write till it doesn’t’: athlete voice and the lived realities of one female professional athlete

Women, War and Sport: The Battle of the 2019 Solheim Cup

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Mark Campbell

Aoife Lane

Marion Geary

Stuart Whigham

Frank Houghton

Sinead Holden

Ali Bowes

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