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  Irish History & Society

  Irish Literature & Cultural Studies

  Business Studies

  The Development of the European Union, 1945-1996

IRISH HISTORY & SOCIETY

(a) Objectives

  The objective of this course is to introduce students to the story of man and his achievements on the island of Ireland from the earliest settlement to the present day. Past society is examined from the perspectives of settlement; artistic, architectural and cultural development; political, social, economic and military history; and external relations.

(b) Course Contents

The physical and political geography of Ireland
the components of the Irish landscape and their making - bog, forests, fields, cities, towns, villages, buildings, demesnes, communications, mining and power.
Prehistoric settlement and archaeology
- early settlement, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages).
Early Christian Ireland
- monasteries, high crosses, illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, Irish missionaries abroad, the viking raids, civil and political society, the first towns.
Norman invasion and Gaelic recovery
- military conquest and Irish resurgence; government, legal and ecclesiastical reform; mottes, castles, monasteries, cathedrals, parish churches, towns; rural settlement; social and cultural life.
Early modern Ireland, 1500-1800
- Tudor conquest and Gaelic reaction; reformation and counter-reformation; plantation; towns; language, surnames, science, cartography, placenames; catholic confederacy and Cromwellian conquest; restoration society; Jacobite wars, protestant ascendancy, roads, canals and barracks, Georgian architecture and art; Irish relations with Europe; Ireland and the American Revolution; the United Irishmen and 1798; sectarian divisions.
Ireland under the Union
- the Act of Union, catholic emancipation and mass politics; population, poverty, famine, emigration, landlords and tenants; Ireland and the American civil war; the Fenians, the Land Acts, Parnell and Home Rule, Yeats and cultural nationalism, the catholic revival; the Irish language; the First World War, 1916, the war of Independence and the Anglo-Irish treaty.
Ireland since 1922
- the Irish Free State, the deValera years, economic and cultural malaise, World War II neutrality and postwar foreign policy, Lemass and economic expansion; EU membership, the modernisation of Irish society,' the Celtic tiger,' the crisis in Northern Ireland.

(c) Bibliography

The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland (Oxford, NewYork, 1969).
R.F Foster (ed.)
Guide to the National Monuments of Ireland (Dublin 1970).
Peter Harbison
The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland (Dublin 1991).
Michael Ryan. (ed.)
Ireland 1912-1985 (Cambridge, 1989).
J.J Lee
Irish Art and Architecture from Prehistoric to the Present (London 1978).
Peter Harbison, Homan Potterton and Jeanne Sheey (eds.)
Offaly: History and Society (Dublin 1998).
William Nolan and Timothy O'Neill (eds.)
Atlas of Irish Rural Landscape (Cork 1997).
F.H.A Aalen, Kevin Whelan and Matthew Stout (eds.)


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IRISH LITERATURE & CULTURAL STUDIES

(a) Objectives:

 The objective of this course is to familiarise students with aspects of Irish culture with particular reference to language, fiction, poetry, drama, film, music, dance and sport. The approach will combine formal and informal method to include lectures, seminars, workshops activities.

(b) Course Contents

Irish Fiction:
An introduction to nineteenth and twentieth century Irish fiction, including works by Maria Edgeworth, James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, John Banville and Patrick McCabe. The core text will be 'Dubliners'by Joyce. Students will engage in a close reading of some stories, and will watch and critique John Huston's film of 'The Dead'
Irish Drama:
The history of drama in Ireland, including reference to the works of some of the following: William Congreve; Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, William Butler Yeats and the Irish Literary Theatre, Irish theatre after 1922, modern playwrights including Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Stephen MacDonagh. The course will include readings of extracts from 'Waiting for Godot' and 'Philadelphia Here I Come' and a viewing and critique of the film version of John B. Keane 'The Field'.
Irish Poetry:
Bardic poetry; the aisling the problems of translation; the politicisation of poetry; William Butler Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, Austin Clarke; contemporary poetry, including works by Seamus Heaney, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Derek Mahon, Eavan Boland, Paul Muldoon and John Montague. The students will hear tapes of some of the poets reading their own works.
Film:
A brief history of film in Ireland; how the Irish have been portrayed in British and American film, with particular reference to David Lean's Ryan's Daughter' and John Ford's 'The Quiet Man'. Students will watch and critique Neil Jordan's 'The Crying Game', and if time allows extracts from 'Angel'.
Irish Language:
A series of short language classes in spoken and written Irish, to include the structure of the language, conversation, greetings, informal letter writing, etc.
Music & Dance:
An introduction to various styles of Irish music, including seannos, ballads, Sean O'Riada, The Cheiftains, Irish ceili bands, and contemporary music including U2 and Riverdance. Students will be taught ceili dances such as The Siege of Ennis and The Walls of Limerick. They will listen to a wide variety of audio and video taped music and dance.
Sport:
A history of the Gaelic Athletic Association; basic rules in hurling and Gaelic football. Students will watch edited highlights of some All-Ireland Games.

(c) Bibliography

The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing.
Seamus Deane (ed.)


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BUSINESS STUDIES

(a) Objectives

  The objective of this course is to introduce students to a wide a variety of Irish business practice as it relates to the European Union. To critically evaluate the role of multi-national corporations in constituting an industrial policy.

(b) Course Content

  • Irish Economic Policy since the 1950's.
  • Labour Law.
  • Contract, Commercial and Competition Law.
  • Finance.

(c) Bibliography

Industrial Relations Law (Round Hall Press 1991).
M. Forde
Trade Union Law in Ireland (1988).
C. McCarthy
Business Transfers and Employees Rights (Butterworth 1992).
J. McMullen
Unfair Dismissal Cases and Commentary (F.I.E. 1997).
T. Kerr, D Madden
Introduction to Irish Business Law (Gill and McMillan 1997).
Niall Sheerin
Principals of Irish Law (4th Edition 1998).
Brian Doolin
Commercial Law (Butterworth 1996).
M. Forde
UK GAAP - (Macmillan 1997).
Ernst and Young
Finance and Financial Markets (Macmillan 1998).
Keith Pilbeam
Ireland at Work - Economic Growth and the Labour Market 1987 - 1997 (Oak Tree Press 1998).
P. Tansey
The Celtic Tiger - The Great Misnomer (Report prepared by M.M.I. Stockbrokers 1997).
A. Murphy
The Macroeconomy of ireland (Gill and Macmillan 4th Edition 1998).
A. Ledden and Walsh

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 1945-1996

(a) Objectives

  The objective of this course is to focus on the path towards the establishment of the European Community from the end of the Second World War.

Lectures I to 4: An Overview and Narrative of Events, 1945-1996

(b) Course Content

Europe and the Aftermath of World War II.
 
The Path Towards the Treaty of Rome and the Establishment of the European Economic Community (1959).
 
The European Community, 1959 -73:
The Consolidation of the Original Six members and the Debate on the First Enlargement (Britain, Ireland, Denmark).
The Second Relaunch of the Community:
The Path Towards the Single European Act (SEA) and more integrated institutions.
The European Community since the Adoption of the SEA.
 
Personalities of the Community:
This lecture will revisit some of the themes touched upon during the first five lectures but will relate them to the leading personalities of the European Movement: such as Jean Monnet, Altiero Spinelli and Leo Tindemans.
Great Britain and the Community:
These two lectures will look at the development of the European Community through the policies and personalities of Europe's so-called "awkward partner": Great Britain. The lectures will look at the attitudes respectively, of the British Labor and Conservative Parties.
United States and the Community:
The development of the European Community also had implications for the "special relationship" between Europe and the United States. These two lectures will explore the changing relationship against the background of the issues raised in the more general lectures in the bullet points one to five above.
Tutorial:
For this class students will be asked to present commentaries on one of two documents (copies will be circulated, as will copies of, and reference to, secondary readings). The two documents are (a) the so-called 'Year of Europe" Speech. This was delivered by the then-US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, in 1973, as a comment on the direction of contemporary Europe and (b) the so-called "Bruges Speech", delivered by the then-British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher in 1988. The format of this class will be a seminar rather than a lecture.
Ireland and the Community:
For many reasons, Ireland's view of the Community has its own peculiarity and special interest. This will be the subject of this lecture.
Examination:
This session will consist of a two hour examination on the issues raised in this course. The results of this examination, together with the assessment of the paper submitted in conjunction with Session 12, will determine the grade for the course.

NOTE: A supplementary bibliography to accompany the above course will be circulated at the first lecture.

(c) Bibliography

The Origins and Development of the European Union, 1845-1995 (1996).
Martin J. Dedham
From EC to EU - An Historical and Political Survey (1997).
Richard McAllister


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