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MODERN IRELAND
History 347
This course is a general survey of Irish history from the 17th century to the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on the struggle for Irish independence, the characteristics of Irish culture, Irish immigration to America, and the problem of Northern Ireland.
Readings:
  • O'Brien, "Ireland: A Concise History
  • Boland, "The Wild Geese
  • Gallagher, "Paddy's Lament
  • Ward, "The Easter Rising
  • Belfrage, "Living with War
  • Photocopied handouts
Grade:
  • Midterm 25%
  • Final 30%
  • Paper 1 20%
  • Paper 2 25%
Week 1 17thCentury Ireland: Plantation and Resistance
Week 2 18thCentury Ireland : Penal Laws and Poverty
Discuss: Treaty of Limerick, Penal Laws, Swift, Young
Week 3 Jacobitism
Discuss: "The Wild Geese
Week 4 Ireland in the Age of Radicalism
Discuss: poems, songs
Week 5 The Famine
Discuss: "Paddy's Lament Ch 1, famine documents.
Week 6 Irish in America
Discuss: "Paddy's Lament Chs 24
Week 7 Fenianism
Discuss: documents (Paper 1 Due)
Week 8 MIDTERM (O'Brien 35)
Week 9 Home Rule Crisis
Discuss: 1886 Documents
Week 10 Celtic Revival
Discuss: poems, plays
Week 11 Easter Rising
Discuss: "Easter Rising
Week 12 Forging the Free State
Film: "The Plough and the Stars
Week 13 Which Ireland ?
Films: "The Quiet Man , "The Field
Week 14 The Troubles
Discuss: "Living with War Chs 18
Week 15 The Troubles
Discuss: "Living with War Chs 916 (Paper 2 Due)
FINAL EXAM (O'Brien 68)