Lecture Schedule
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| Lesson | Topic |
| 1 |
The 1798 Rebellion. |
| 2 | The Act of Union, 1801. Catholics in economic and social life. Immigrant groups (Huguenots and Palatines). The fight for Catholic Emancipation. Daniel O’Connell and Irish nationalism. |
| 3 | The Repeal campaign. Agrarian disturbance. The Great Famine and its aftermath. |
| 4 | “Young Ireland”. Land and Politics in the 1850’s. The Fenians. Gladstone and Reform. |
| 5 | Fenianism and the campaign for Home Rule. The emergence of C.S. Parnell. The Land Act of 1881. The Home Rule crisis of 1886. The fall of Parnell. |
| 6 | The later Land Acts and their impact. The New Nationalism, cultural and political. Ulster in the 19th century and the rise of Unionism. The Home Rule crisis 1912-14. |
| 7 | Ireland in World War I. The Irish Republican Brotherhood and the 1916 rebellion. The war of independence 1919-21. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 and the birth of Northern Ireland. |
| 8 | Truce and Treaty 1921. The Civil War 1922-23. The Free State under Cosgrave. |
| 9 | De Valera in power. Northern Ireland 1924-39. Ireland in the War years 1939-45. |
| 10 | The Republic after 1948. |
| 11 | Church and State in modern Ireland. |
| 12 | Northern Ireland since the 1960': the 'Troubles.' |
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Breen, A. (Jul 29, 2008). Lecture Schedule. Retrieved Nov 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/history/modern-irish-history-from-1800-to-present/lecture-schedule.
