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
Programme may be subject to change.
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2026 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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