Module: The Irish Revival & Revolution , 1884-1922

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	The Irish Revival & Revolution , 1884-1922
Module Code	HY329 (ITS) / HIS1035 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	History & Geography
Module Co-ordinator	Marnie Hay
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only
Students may resit the research proposal and dissertation assessments. They cannot resit seminar attendance and participation or the class research presentation.

Description

The Irish Revival and Revolution, 1884-1922 explores the connection between the cultural, economic, political and military revival of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the Irish revolution of c. 1912-22.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and locate primary historical source material, and access and engage with it in archival and research repository settings.
2. Engage critically with secondary and primary source matter.
3. Comprehend and analyse the context and historiography of the Irish revival and revolution, and evaluate contested interpretations.
4. Deploy appropriate research methods and methodologies, and develop and present reasoned and evidentially supported historical argument, both orally and in writing.
5. Identify, pursue and complete an original piece of historical research.
6. Engage in self-directed learning by specialising in areas of personal interest.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	44	One lecture and one seminar per week
Independent Study	206	Assigned reading, independent research, and preparation of written assignments and PowerPoint presentation.
Total Workload: 250

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Content
This module explores the connection between the cultural, economic, political and military revival of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the Irish revolution of c. 1912-22. It examines the various organisations and movements that generated this revival and assesses their individual and collective contributions to the Irish revolution. Through a combination of class discussion and the completion of oral and written assignments, students will learn how to identify, locate, interrogate and utilise primary source documents relevant to this period in modern Irish history.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Participation	Seminar preparation, attendance and participation	10%	As required
Research Paper	Research Project Proposal: 2,000-word research project proposal and annotated bibliography	20%	As required
Research Paper	Dissertation: 5,000 word dissertation based on the student's research project. Research topics require module coordinator approval.	60%	As required
Presentation	PowerPoint presentation in class on the student's research project	10%	As required

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

59688, Online Resources, 0, Relevant articles, book chapters, and primary source documents as well as a comprehensive reading list will be made available on the module’s Loop site.,