A Myth Buster’s Guide to Ireland. Class 1. Geography and the Ancient History of Ireland
Overview of the course Class 1: Geography, the Ancient history of Ireland. Celtic gods and mythology Class 2: Christianization, St.Patrick, the Book of Kells, Vikings, Brian Boru. The Conquest by the English Class 3: Medieval Ireland. Renaissance in Ireland Class 4: Religious issues in the XVII – XVIII centuries Overview of the course Class 5: Ireland in the XIXth century (Union, Famine, and Home Rule) Class 6: Ireland in the XXth century: Cultural Renaissance and nationalism, W.B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, the Easter Rising 1916, the Civil War, the Partition Class 7 Ireland in the XXth century: the Troubles. The politics of modern Ireland Class 8: students’ own presentations.