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Curricular information is subject to change
On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of modern Irish history;
- Assess the historiography of modern Irish history;
- Present aspects of the historical debate on Irish history orally and engage in discussions
- Be familiar with key documents and other primary sources;
- Write scholarly essay(s) appropriate for a First Year student of History
The module will cover the following main areas: Week 1: A Civil Partnership? Ireland and Britain after the Act of Union; Week 2: A Soul Came Into Ireland – Daniel O’Connell and Thomas Davis; Week 3: Famine in Ireland; Week 4: Land and Freedom: Charles Stewart Parnell and Land War; Week 5: True Gaels and West Britons: Popular Culture in 19th Century Ireland; Week 6: 1913-23: Revolution?; Week 7: After Partition: Building the Two Irelands; Week 8: Frugal Comfort?: The de Valera Years; Week 9: Ireland and the Post-War World; Week 10: Troubled Times; Week 11: Ambiguous Republic? Recent History and Current Events
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 45 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 45 |
Total | 111 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Seminar attendance and contribution | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Assignment: 1,000 word mid-term assignment | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Essay: 2,000 word essay | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback on the mid-term assignment is given in writing on the returned hard-copy. Feedback on the end-of-semester essay is given by appointment in one-to-one meetings.
Name | Role |
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Julien Clenet | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sarah Feehan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Diarmaid Ferriter | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Susannah Riordan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Laura Brennan | Tutor |
Dr David Nicoll | Tutor |
Emer O'Brien | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 15:00 - 15:50 |
Seminar | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 15:00 - 15:50 |
Seminar | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 16:00 - 16:50 |
Seminar | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 16:00 - 16:50 |
Seminar | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 17:00 - 17:50 |
Seminar | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 10:00 - 10:50 |
Seminar | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 10:00 - 10:50 |
Seminar | Offering 8 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Seminar | Offering 9 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Seminar | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Seminar | Offering 11 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Seminar | Offering 12 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Seminar | Offering 13 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Seminar | Offering 14 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 15 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 16 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 15:00 - 15:50 |
Seminar | Offering 17 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 15:00 - 15:50 |