Course details
Overview
What can you expect from this course? Choose from among the following. Homicide. Adultery. Mass murder. Betrayal. Bankruptcy and ruin (mostly of the 19th century variety). Inflated egos. Some self-sacrifice and nobility but lots of corruption, deceit, incompetence, and a fair quota of violence as well. Ireland under the Union wasn’t really a whole lot different from Ireland today.
You should also get a sense of who we are as a people, and why we are the way we are. We’ll be looking at Ireland from the perspective of the farmer, the shopkeeper, the housewife, the bailiff, the suffragette, as well as the politician and the policeman. From the bottom up as well as the top down. You will get as many opportunities as you need to stop the train, get off, and take a look around. You will be encouraged to inquire ‘what if?’ and then answer your own question. Studying our history is important and it’s useful. But above all it must be fun.
Outline
- Week 1 – In the Shadow of the Union
- Week 2 - An Emancipated People?
- Week 3 - Repeal
- Week 4 - Famine 1819-1846
- Week 5 - Famine and Rebellion
- Week 6 - Fenianism and Irish political violence
- Week 7 - Land and Politics
- Week 8 - Home Rule and Parnellism
- Week 9 - Constitutional Nationalism and slightly Constitutional Unionism
- Week 10 - Endgame
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About City Colleges
We_They represents a completely new approach to third-level professional education and examination preparation. Students are offered superb tuition, innovative and flexible study modes, the best and most up-to-date study materials and a relentless commitment to personal attention.
Some of Ireland’s leading lecturers in the areas of Professional Law and Professional Accountancy, Childcare, Business & Computing, and Psychology have come together to offer students a different kind of educational experience, one where the learner’s needs are paramount and his/her expectations are constantly surpassed.
The We_They Group delivers programmes from two venues in Dublin (City Centre and Templeogue), and online throughout the country.
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