HIS-3003 Modern Ireland
The objective of this course is to survey the evolution of Irish Society from the establishment of the Protestant Ascendancy in the late seventeenth century to the creation of an independent nation in 1922. The emphasis will be on political, social and economic development. Key topics addressed in the course include the Great Rebellion of 1798, Catholic Emancipation, the Famine, the emergence of modern physical force Republicanism and the War for Independence.