There is no set text for this course. However the following books are recommended background reading. A detailed list of readings is also provided for each week. Please click on the appropriate week to view.

Recommended texts

• Alvin Jackson, Ireland 1798-1998 (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1998) 941.508 J13 [short loan]
  
  
• K. Theodore Hoppen, Ireland Since 1800: Conflict and Conformity (London: Longman, 1999) 941.5H79 1999 [short loan]