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Archived Version 2016 - 2017
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Description Ireland 1690-1850: politics and society: The object of this course it to trace the exercise of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland between the triumph of the Protestant elite in Ireland over the forces of James II, 1688-90, and the implications of the emergence in the early nineteenth century of a politically and demographically energised Catholic population led by Daniel 0’Connell. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the main features, episodes trends and personalities of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Irish History. 2. Recognise how different ideological vantage points can shape historical perspective, and move between different historical interpretations 3. Distinguish between minor and major causative factors and consequences in analysing and assessing historical episodes 4. Engage with evolving sophistication with historical documentation and historical texts. 5. Present informed and nuanced historical opinions that are evidentially based and historiographically informed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities DescriptionThis course provides students with an in depth introduction to a key era in Irish history. Its focus is the exercise of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland between the establishment of a commanding Protestant aristocratic order in the aftermath of the defeat of the Jacobites, 1689-91 and the severe blow dealt to the exercise of that ascendancy by the emergence between 1823 and 1847 of a politicised Irish (Catholic) population guided by Daniel O’Connell, and to the economic foundations of landlordism by the Great Famine. Based on a close engagement with the large volume of research completed on this era in the last quarter century, this course provides, firstly, a comprehensive overview of the politics of ‘Protestant Ireland’ through an exploration of the creation of a ‘Protestant constitution’ in the 1690s and its subsequent evolution, of the role of management in government, of the nature of the Anglo-Irish nexus, the politics of patriotism, the challenge of radicalism, and of the rational for and implementation of an Anglo-Irish Union. Its second focus is the survival, negotiation and emergence of Catholics as a political interest though an examination of the nature, impact and repeal of the ‘Penal Laws’, and the transformative impact, both positive and negative, of Daniel O’Connell. Particular attention is accorded the historiographical revolution that sustains the radical re-interpretation that this period permits. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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