- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
This programme enables students to examine and research the rich subject area of Irish history from the earliest times to the present day, and to assess the major events which led to the emergence of modern Ireland.
Compulsory modules provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the sources and resources at their disposal to undertake a piece of detailed research, and foster their ability to assess and understand the major debates and controversies that have engaged historians in writing Irish history.
In addition, students can choose from a range of specialist modules, exploring key issues and debates associated with their chosen fields (Irish social, political, military or economic history; historic houses and landed estates; local history, etc.).
Entry Requirements
Students who have an honours degree with a 1:1, a 2.(i) or high 2.(ii) grade in History before the programme begins will be offered a place. Other applications will be considered depending on available spaces. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- EVOLUTION OF THE IRISH URBAN LANDSCAPE
- THE EVOLUTION OF IRISH LANDED ESTATES AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES
- THESIS PREPARATION (MA IRISH HISTORY)
- INTERPRETING LOCAL EVIDENCE
- THESIS COMPLETION (MA IRISH HISTORY)
- THE IRISH REVOLUTION, 1913-1923
- READING THE IRISH LANDSCAPE
- DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES IN IRISH HISTORY
- GREAT HOUSES OF IRELAND AND YORKSHIRE: INTERPRETATION AND REPRESENTATION
- DOING LOCAL HISTORY
- DOING DIGITAL HISTORY
- HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN PRACTICE (PG469)
- THE LITERARY CULTURE OF MEDIEVAL IRELAND (PG473)
- THE WRITING OF CHURCH HISTORY FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE 20TH CENTURY (PG472)
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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