Maricopa Community Colleges  HIS254   20062-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10-25-2005

HIS254  2006 Spring – 2006 Summer II

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad

History of Ireland 1603 to the Present

Survey of the history of the island of Ireland, including the contemporary Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, from 1603 to the present.

Prerequisites: None.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

HIS254  2006 Spring – 2006 Summer II

History of Ireland 1603 to the Present

 

1.

Define the trends in Irish history prior to 1603. (I)

2.

Explain the English plantation and its impact on early 17th century Ireland. (II)

3.

Examine the role of Ireland during the English Civil War. (II)

4.

Analyze the Protestant ascendance of the late 17th and 18th centuries and its role in shaping Ireland during those decades. (III)

5.

Define the impact of the rebellion of 1798. (IV)

6.

Explain the impact of the Act of Union in 1801 upon Ireland. (IV)

7.

Describe the movement for Catholic Emancipation and its role in Irish-British relations in the early 19th century. (IV)

8.

Describe the origins of the Great Famine and its impact upon Ireland in the 19th century. (V)

9.

Define the extent of the Irish Diaspora and explain its impact upon Irish history. (V)

10.

Analyze the origins of the Home Rule movement. (VI)

11.

Examine the rebirth of Celtic culture in the late 19th century and the role that this played in Irish history. (VI)

12.

Explain the demise of Home Rule and the emergence of Irish nationalism in the 20th century. (VII)

13.

Analyze partition and describe its impact on both Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. (VIII, IX)

14.

Describe the emergence of the Irish Republic from the Irish Free State. (VIII)

15.

Analyze the tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland in the decades after partition. (IX)

16.

Explain the factors in the outbreak of the "Troubles" in 1968. (IX)

17.

Describe the background of Ireland's entry into the European Economic Community and the role that this played in Ireland's economic growth at the end of the 20th century. (X)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

HIS254  2006 Spring – 2006 Summer II

History of Ireland 1603 to the Present

 

I. Introduction: Ireland before 1600

II. Ireland before Cromwell

A. Plantation

B. "Nationalism" and Recusancy

C. Confederate Ireland

III. The Protestant Ascendancy

A. Cromwellian Ireland

B. Restoration Ireland

C. Ascendancy Ireland

D. Ireland in the 18th century

1. Economy and Society

2. Politics

IV. Union and Catholic Emancipation

A. The 1798 Rebellion

B. Union

C. Catholic Emancipation

D. Daniel O'Connell

V. Ireland under the Famine

A. The Great Famine

B. The Irish Diaspora

C. Ireland in the aftermath of the Famine

VI. Home Rule

A. Reform

B. Birth of Home Rule

1. Parnell

2. The Celtic Revolution and Cultural Nationalism

3. Home Rule in British Politics

VII. Independence and Partition

A. Easter 1916

B. Anglo-Irish War

C. Birth of the Free State

VIII. Independent Ireland

A. Irish Free State, 1923-1949

B. The Irish Republic, 1949-1968

IX. Northern Ireland

A. The Stormont Regime

B. Towards the Troubles

C. 1968

D. The Troubles

X. Ireland in the 21st Century

A. Ireland and Europe

B. Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement

C. The Celtic Tiger

 

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