Ireland since partition

Overview

This course previously covered Ireland from 1900 and included Home Rule, the First World War and the Irish Revolution. This covered a lot of material already covered at A-level or by other modules (e.g. HIS3073). The focus on the Troubles was largely military and political (overlapping with HAPP2001). In recent years the content has expanded to cover twenty-first century developments (2008 financial crash, referendums on marriage and abortion, St Andrews agreement etc) so the title ‘twentieth century’ is no longer an accurate description. The expanded content makes the module very cramped and the continued inclusion of pre-1921 material often leads to students simply regurgitating A-level material. Moving the start date to 1921 will resolve these and also allow for greater focus on social changes, such as the growing ethnic and racial diversity, especially in RoI. Student feedback indicated that students would like to see a broader approach to the Troubles, less focused on purely political and military events and more on topic such as the experience of women. Including more material on gender and race would chime well with the school’s EDI policies.

Learning Objectives

This course previously covered Ireland from 1900 and included Home Rule, the First World War and the Irish Revolution. This covered a lot of material already covered at A-level or by other modules (e.g. HIS3073). The focus on the Troubles was largely military and political (overlapping with HAPP2001). In recent years the content has expanded to cover twenty-first century developments (2008 financial crash, referendums on marriage and abortion, St Andrews agreement etc) so the title ‘twentieth century’ is no longer an accurate description. The expanded content makes the module very cramped and the continued inclusion of pre-1921 material often leads to students simply regurgitating A-level material. Moving the start date to 1921 will resolve these and also allow for greater focus on social changes, such as the growing ethnic and racial diversity, especially in RoI. Student feedback indicated that students would like to see a broader approach to the Troubles, less focused on purely political and military events and more on topic such as the experience of women. Including more material on gender and race would chime well with the school’s EDI policies.

Skills

This course previously covered Ireland from 1900 and included Home Rule, the First World War and the Irish Revolution. This covered a lot of material already covered at A-level or by other modules (e.g. HIS3073). The focus on the Troubles was largely military and political (overlapping with HAPP2001). In recent years the content has expanded to cover twenty-first century developments (2008 financial crash, referendums on marriage and abortion, St Andrews agreement etc) so the title ‘twentieth century’ is no longer an accurate description. The expanded content makes the module very cramped and the continued inclusion of pre-1921 material often leads to students simply regurgitating A-level material. Moving the start date to 1921 will resolve these and also allow for greater focus on social changes, such as the growing ethnic and racial diversity, especially in RoI. Student feedback indicated that students would like to see a broader approach to the Troubles, less focused on purely political and military events and more on topic such as the experience of women. Including more material on gender and race would chime well with the school’s EDI policies.

Assessment

None