Academic General Learning Outcomes:
(1) An ability to apply broad historical concepts in specific cases
(2) An ability to research and produce a coherent written analysis of a selected topic based on accurate
use of secondary sources
(3) An ability to produce a coherent written analysis of selected topics within a restricted time period.

Module-Specific Learning Outcomes:
(1) A critical understanding of the central themes in modern Irish history
(2) An ability to identify and assess historiography relevant to the module
(3) An ability to elucidate the social and economic context in which Irish nationalism and Irish unionism
developed
(4) An ability to explore issues of national identity in an Irish context
(5) An ability to analyse gender divisions in Ireland in the prescribed period.

Transferable Skills:
(1) Be responsible for your own out of class study and time management
(2) Be able to receive constructive criticism and respond in a considered and mature fashion
(3) Demonstrate appropriate level educational technology skills.

The module will comprise of 160 hours of total learning time, of which 18 will be class contact hours - a weekly 1 hour lecture and a fortnightly 1 hour workshop - with 142 hours independent learning. There will also be a fortnightly tutorial in which you will be able to consult with the tutor on an individual basis. This will be an opportunity to discuss issues raised in classes and to obtain guidance on reading, and on workshop and assessment preparation. The fortnightly workshops will be based around detailed discussion of a particular text, or texts, comprising both primary and secondary sources. You will be expected to use your independent learning time to study these texts and to formulate your own ideas in relation to them.

Recommended library books, journals and videotapes

Richard English & Graham Walker (eds.), Unionism in Modern Ireland (Gill and Macmillan, 1996)
Peter Collins (ed.), Nationalism and Unionism: Conflict in Ireland 1885-1921 (IIS, Belfast, 1994)
W.E. Vaughan, Landlords and Tenants in Mid-Victorian Ireland (OUP, 1994)
D.G. Boyce, Nationalism in Ireland (3rd ed., Routledge, 1993)
K.T. Hoppen, Ireland since 1800 (Longman, 1989)
R.F. Foster, Modern Ireland 1600-1972 (Penguin, 1988)
Tom Garvin, Nationalist Revolutionaries in Ireland (OUP, 1987)
C.H.E. Philpin (ed.), Nationalism and Popular Protest in Ireland (CUP, 1987)
Andrew Gailey, Ireland and the death of Kindness: the experience of constructive unionism (Cork Univ. Press, 1987)
Sean Connolly, Religion and Society in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Gill & MacMillan, 1985)
Michael Winstanley, Ireland and the Land Question (Methuen, 1984)
James Donnelly and Samuel Clark (eds.), Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest 1780-1914 (Gill and Macmillan, 1983)

In both coursework and exam you will be required to demonstrate general and specific learning outcomes
appropriate to the questions selected.

A COURSEWORK -ESSAY length 2000 WORDS weighted at 50%.
A EXAMINATION - SEEN EXAMINATION IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS length 2 HOUR(S) weighted at 50%.
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This module introduces student to the major themes in Irish history in the period from the Great Famine to independence. It concentrates mainly on political developments whilst also examining the social and economic context in which such developments took place. Topics covered in the module include the land question in Ireland, Home Rule and the role of women in Political movements. Particular attention will be paid to the development of nationalism (romantic, constitutional and revolutionary) and the emergence of unionism as a coherent political force.