Handbook

This course examines conflicts over nationality and identity in Ireland since 1798. After identifying the historical basis of the conflicts between Ireland's divergent religious, national, cultural and political traditions, we will examine the development of the conflicts from the United Irish rebellion of 1798 to the Good Friday Agreement 200 years later, which appears to have laid the basis for a lasting peace. Throughout, we will focus on the changing relationship between politics and violence in the conduct of these conflicts. In doing so we will encounter some of the key themes of modern history, including relationships between religion, nationality and identity; colonialism and post-colonialism; terrorism and counter-terrorism; economic development and under-development; and the role of the international community in the internal affairs of sovereign states.