
Irish History Modules at QUB
Early Irish Society c. 400-800: Kings, Lords and Free Men
(Professor Marie-Therese Flanagan)
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Belfast 1911
(Professor Liam Kennedy)
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Religion in the Age of Revolutions: Britain and Ireland, 1689-1789
(Dr Andrew Holmes)
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High-Kings and Vikings: Ireland in the Viking age, c. 800-1100
(Professor Marie-Therese Flanagan)
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Ireland and the First World War
(Professor Keith Jeffery)
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Politics and Society in 19th Century Ireland
(Professor Liam Kennedy)
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Life, Love and Death in England and Ireland, c.1350-1650
(Dr Christopher Marsh)
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Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Ireland
(Dr Marie Coleman)
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Society and Politics in Belfast C.1780–C.1918
(Professor Sean Connolly)

During the nineteenth century Belfast enjoyed spectacular economic growth, emerging as one of the United Kingdom’s major industrial centres. Across the same period it moved from being the capital of Irish radicalism to a new status as a stronghold of Protestant resistance to Irish nationalism and as the scene of recurrent sectarian and political violence.
The module will explore the background to these transformations, and the connections between them.
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‘The Vast Catastrophe’: The Great Famine of the 1840s
(Professor Peter Gray)
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Kings & Saints in Early Ireland
(Professor Marie-Therese Flanagan)
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Presbyterianism in Ulster
(Dr Andrew Holmes)
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Oliver Cromwell, 1649-1658
(Professor David Hayton)
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The People and Politics in Britain and Ireland, 1675-1750
(Professor David Hayton)
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Family, Gender and Household
(Dr Elaine Farrell)

This module focuses on the Irish family and the Irish household in the nineteenth century. Topics explored include courtship, marriage, reproduction, childhood, consumerisum, and emigration. We also look at crimes relating to the family such as abduction, domestic abuse, and infanticide.

This module encompasses and explores the roles of the father, mother, children, relatives, and ‘hired help’ in the household. We consider experiences of family life for different classes in Ireland and trace developments and changing attitudes over the century.
Very little research has been conducted in Ireland on many of the topics that we explore as part of this module. A significant emphasis is thus placed on the analysis of relevant (and fascinating!) primary source material.
Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster, 1740 - 2000
(Dr Andrew Holmes)
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The Irish Revolution, 1917-1921
(Dr Fearghal McGarry)
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The Anglo Normans in Ireland
(Professor Marie-Therese Flanagan)
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Irish Revolution, 1917-1925
(Dr Peter Martin)
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The Emergence of Modern Ireland
(Dr Elaine Farrell)
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Certain modules might not be available every year.





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