Modern Irish History
Politics, Culture, and Society in Ireland, 1770-1921
Catholic University of America, Spring 2010
Wednesdays, 6:10-8:40 pm, Pangborn 204
Catholic University of America, Spring 2010
Wednesdays, 6:10-8:40 pm, Pangborn 204
Robert Peel loses sleep over Ireland...
Welcome! This course is designed to give students a strong grasp of the key developments in Ireland’s cultural, political, and economic history between the 1798 Rebellion and the foundation of the Irish Free State. This period represents one of the most eventful and contentious years in Irish history: after the threatened French invasion and widespread uprising of 1798, Ireland and Britain concluded a legislative union in an attempt to more closely integrate the two states and provide for a more lasting and peaceful situation in Ireland itself. Yet subsequent decades proved to be far from settled as Catholic Emancipation, nationalism, famine, and the stirrings of Home Rule proved highly contentious on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Course Texts. Two texts are required for this course:
Cormac Ó Gráda, Black ’47 and Beyond (paperback, 2000)
Peter Hart, The I.R.A. & Its Enemies (paperback, 1998)
A third text is optional. Students who have not taken a course in Irish history before are advised to purchase:
T.W. Moody and F.X. Martin, The Course of Irish History (4th ed., paperback, 2002)
All three will be available at the CUA bookstore.
In addition to these texts, we will be reading a variety of selections from academic journals and books. Some of these we will obtain and share from CUA's library; others will be made available in either pdf or hard copy form. Check the "Reading Schedule" link for information on how to obtain each of these.
Cormac Ó Gráda, Black ’47 and Beyond (paperback, 2000)
Peter Hart, The I.R.A. & Its Enemies (paperback, 1998)
A third text is optional. Students who have not taken a course in Irish history before are advised to purchase:
T.W. Moody and F.X. Martin, The Course of Irish History (4th ed., paperback, 2002)
All three will be available at the CUA bookstore.
In addition to these texts, we will be reading a variety of selections from academic journals and books. Some of these we will obtain and share from CUA's library; others will be made available in either pdf or hard copy form. Check the "Reading Schedule" link for information on how to obtain each of these.
