Ireland through Union, Rebellion and Famine 1798-1885 ADED12060E

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: Short Courses
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 1 (SCQF level 7)
  • Typically Offered: Full Year
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course will focus on the turbulent early decades of the Act of Union between Ireland and Great Britian. Beginning with the ill-fated rebellion of Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen in 1798, this course will study the devastating effects of the Famine on every aspect of Irish life from emigration; the growth of a rural middle class; the decline of the Gaelic language, and the emergence of a powerful ultramontane Catholic Church in the 1850s. A central theme of the course will be the development of Irish nationalism as a prominent political force, both in terms of the persistence of residual paramilitarism (most notably in the shape of Fenianism) but also in the early efforts of Daniel O'Connell and Isaac Butt and the creation of the Home Rule movement that will eventually deliver 85 seats for Charles Stewart Parnell's party in 1885. This course offers the opportunity to challenge the received paradigms on either side of this much contested history and consider, over two centuries later, the lasting imprint of this period on our world.

Timetable

Live online

Block 3

10 weeks

Thursday 10.00-12.00

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

#ILO2

750-word primary source analysis (25%)

 

ILOs #1 and #3

Essay (1,500 words) (75%)

Course Aims

This course aims to:

■ Provide students with a critical understanding of the key events in Ireland 1798-1885 in terms of their causes, impacts and consequences

■ Provide an opportunity for students to critically engage with contemporary primary source materials

■ Introduce students to key historiographical debates concerning these events

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Identify and describe some of the key events in Ireland 1798-1885 in terms of their causes, impacts and consequences

■ Analyse and compare contemporary primary sources

■ Recognise and appraise key historiographical debates concerning these events

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.