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HIS10320

Academic Year 2024/2025

The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 (HIS10320)

Subject:
History
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
History
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This course takes students through 200 years of modern Irish history, examining key events, themes and milestones from the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland in 1800 to the early twenty first century. It covers political, social, economic and cultural dimensions of Irish history during tumultuous times, including the relationship between Great Britain and Ireland, Catholic emancipation, famine, the evolution of Irish nationalism and unionism, the land war, the revolutionary upheavals of the early twentieth century, the impact of partition, the quest for sovereignty in the Free State, neutrality, the Troubles and Anglo-Irish relations from the late 1960s, modernisation, memory and revelations, and the experience of life in southern and northern Ireland.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

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;
-Analyse and assess evidence, and a variety of different view points
- Write a scholarly essay appropriate for a First Year student of History

Indicative Module Content:

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 Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

11
Seminar (or Webinar)

10
Specified Learning Activities

45
Autonomous Student Learning

45
Total

111

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module combines large-group and small-group teaching through a weekly lecture and seminar. Weekly lectures provide overviews of weekly topics, with focus on key historical events, trends and debates. Weekly seminars focus on small-group active/task-based learning using secondary sources relating to the weekly topic. Autonomous learning is nurtured through required preparatory reading each week and a mid-term assignment which is preparatory to the end-of-semester exam. Key research, writing and citation skills are incorporated into seminar work and are advanced and assessed in the mid-term assignment and end-of-semester exam.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): There will be a two hour exam at the end of the semester. Students will be required to answer two questions. Towards the end of the semester, there will be a class devoted to exam preparation. End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No

50

 No
Assignment(Including Essay): The mid term assessment will involve a short essay focused on analysis of reading material relevant to the module. Essay questions will be provided. Week 7, Week 8 Graded No

30

 No
Participation in Learning Activities: Students will be graded on their participation during the seminars, which includes contributing to class discussions. Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11 Graded No

20

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on the mid-term assignment is provided to each student by their tutor. Feedback on the end of semester exam is provided on request and through one to one meetings or email.

Name Role
Julien Clenet Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Sarah Feehan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Diarmaid Ferriter Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Susannah Riordan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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