Irish Studies
Programme Overview
The 2-week Irish Studies programme takes a deeper dive into understanding identities in Ireland and their relationship with the wider world, through explorations of the country’s history, culture and language, with particular reference to the acute divisions over identity in the north.
Programme Highlights
Why choose this programme?
- Visit to the Ulster Museum to discover how the ‘difficult’ past of Ireland is remembered and represented today
- Field trip to the Ulster-American Folk Park focusing on how migration and diaspora has and continues to mould Irish society and identity
- Visit to the Culturlann language centre to learn about the decline and revival of the Irish language
- Field trip to Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney’s ‘Homeplace’ at Bellaghy and a plantation ‘big house’ in the Ulster countryside
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2025 Irish Studies Programme
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Develop a more rounded understanding of the culture and history of the north of Ireland, and its relations with the rest of the island and overseas
- Identify and analyse primary and secondary sources and literary texts relating to Ireland as appropriate
- Undertake independent library-based research as appropriate
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