This is a free 14-week online lecture series about the making of modern Ireland looking at the period 1782 to 1916 and beyond. Beginning with the winning of legislative independence, and exploring the competing forces of constitutional nationalism and radicalism, it looks at the forces which led to the creation of the independent Irish state.
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1, Lecture 1: Ireland in Rebellion An Introduction.
Week 1, Lecture 2: The 1916 Proclamation.
Week 1, Lecture 3: Edmund Burke and the Fight against Injustice.
Week 1, Lecture 4: Interview with Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
Week 1, Lecture 5: Interview with Prof Micheál Ó Siochrú on 1641 and the Challenges of Irish History.
Week 2, Lecture 6 - Henry Grattan and the Winning of Legislative Independence.
Week 2, Lecture 7 - The impact of the French Revolution on Ireland.
Week 2, Lecture 8 - Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen.
Week 2, Lecture 9 - The Bantry Bay Invasion, 1796.
Week 2, Lecture 10 - Interview with Dr Lisa Marie Griffith on Dublin Castle.
Week 3, Lecture 11 - The Causes of the 1798 Rebellion.
Week 3, Lecture 12 - The Crushing of the 1798 Rebellion.
Week 3, Lecture 13 - The British Response to the Rising, 1798.
Week 3, Lecture 14 - The Aftermath of the 1798 Rebellion.
Week 3, Lecture 15 - Interview with Dr Lisa Marie Griffith on Kilmainham Jail.
Week 4, Lecture 16 - The Reasons for the Act of Union, 1798 1799.
Week 4, Lecture 17 - The Passing of the Act of Union.
Week 4, Lecture 18 - Lord Castlereagh.
Week 4, Lecture 19 - The Aftermath of the Passing of the Act of Union.
Week 4, Lecture 20 - Interview with Dr Sean O'Reilly, Trinity College Dublin.
Week 5, Lecture 21 - Robert Emmet in Trinity.
Week 5, Lecture 22 - The 1803 Rebellion.
Week 5, Lecture 23 - The Trial of Robert Emmet.
Week 5, Lecture 24 - The Death of Robert Emmet.
Week 5, Lecture 25 - Interview with Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman on Emmet's Trial.
Week 6, Lecture 26 - The Rise of Daniel O'Connell.
Week 6, Lecture 27 - The Duel of 1815.
Week 6, Lecture 28 - The Campaign for Catholic Emancipation.
Week 6, Lecture 29 - The Winning of Catholic Emancipation.
Week 6, Lecture 30 - Interview with Mr. Justice Adrian Hardiman on O'Connell.
Week 7, Lecture 31 - The Campaign against Slavery.
Week 7, Lecture 32 - The Scandals of the 1830s.
Week 7, Lecture 33 - The Campaign for Repeal.
Week 7, Lecture 34 - The Failure of O'Connell.
Week 8, Lecture 35 - The Famine.
Week 8, Lecture 36 - The Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848.
Week 8, Lecture 37 - The Fenians.
Week 8, Lecture 38 - War and Terror.
Week 8, Lecture 39 - Interview with Professor Ciaran O'Neill for 'Ireland in Rebellion'.
Week 9, Lecture 40 - The Rise of Parnell.
Week 9, Lecture 41 - The Land War.
Week 9, Lecture 42 - The Home Rule Bill.
Week 9, Lecture 43 - The Downfall of Parnell.
Week 9, Lecture 44 - Interview with Professor Ciaran Brady on the Writing of History.
Week 10, Lecture 45 - Edward Carson.
Week 10, Lecture 46 - Ulster Unionism.
Week 10, Lecture 47 - The Trials of Roger Casement.
Week 10, Lecture 48 - The Development of Irish Nationalism.
Week 10, Lecture 49 - Interview with Dr Tomas Irish on Trinity as a micro history.
Week 11, Lecture 50 - The 1913 Lockout.
Week 11, Lecture 51 - The Irish in the First World War.
Week 11, Lecture 52 - Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha.
Week 11, Lecture 53 - The Road to the Rising.
Week 11, Lecture 54 - Interview with Professor David Fitzpatrick, Trinity College Dublin.
Week 12, Lecture 55 - The Leaders of the 1916 Rising.
Week 12, Lecture 56 - The Fighting of Easter Week.
Week 12, Lecture 57 - The Execution of the 1916 Leaders.
Week 12, Lecture 58 - The Legacy of 1916.
Week 12, Lecture 59 - Interview with Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman on the 1916 court martials.
Week 13, Lecture 60 - The War of Independence.
Week 13, Lecture 61 - The Anglo Irish Treaty.
Week 13, Lecture 62 - The Treaty Debates.
Week 13, Lecture 63 - The Civil War.
Week 13, Lecture 64 - Interview with Professor Eunan O'Halpin on the Revolutionary Period.
Week 14, Lecture 65 - Robert Emmet and America.
Week 14, Lecture 66 - O'Connell, Parnell, and the 1916 Rising.
Week 14, Lecture 67 - Commemoration and Conclusion.
Week 14, Lecture 68 - Interview with Professor Anne Dolan.
Week 14, Lecture 69 - Interview with Professor Micheál Ó Siochrú on the Challenges of Commemoration.
Taught by
Trinity College Dublin