Queen’s University of Belfast
School of Politics and International Studies and Philosophy
THE POLITICS OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
210POL903
Second Semester 2005- 2006
This course is the second of two core modules of the MA degree in Irish Politics
MODULE AIMS AND
LEARNING OUTCOMES
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THE AIMS OF THIS MODULE ARE
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 To examine the political development of the Irish Free State/the Republic of Ireland
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 To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of the cultural, political ,
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 To introduce students to current debates on substantive topics covered in the module
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 To give students the opportunity to develop communication and writing skills
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 To further encourage the development of analytical and critical judgement
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The module combines an historical and thematic approach to provide students with an
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understanding of the politics of the Irish Free State, later the Republic. It introduces
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students to key debates on the Irish Revolution and its background, on Irish historical
Irevisionism and on the foundations of statehood and the institutions and political culture
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of the new state. Particular themes include partition and its impact , the achievement of
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stability and order, negotiations of identity, problems of modernisation, Ireland’s shifting
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place in European and world politics, changing attitudes towards partition, and the impact
of social change, in particular the dramatically changed social position of women since
the 1970s, on self-definitions.
UPON COMPLETION OF THIS MODULE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
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Understand the range of contemporary and subsequent positions on the Irish
Revolution, and the significance of these positions for political formations,
particularly of party
Analyse the complicated range of southern political attitudes to ‘the North’
Have a firm grasp of the party system and governance over time
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Understand the politics of the ‘liberal agenda’ in the light of earlier debates about
confessionalism after independence
See Irish politics in the light of internal and external factors-the debate on Europe,
Ireland’s role in the UN, Anglo Irish relations, northern policy, immigration.
Understand the various elements of contemporary Irish politics including
governmental institutions, public policy,decision making and political mobilisation
Follow current political debates in the light of these strengths
Communicate ideas to others in a clear and concise manner,both orally and in written
form
Pursue intellectual questions in a rigorous and academic manner, employing
analytical skills and critical thinking
MODULE ORGANISATION
Module
Convenor:
Dr
Margaret
O'Callaghan,
Room
20.201
tel
90973657,
m.ocallaghan@qub.ac.uk
Module Lecturers: Professor Paul Bew, Professor Adrian Guelke, Dr Margaret
O'Callaghan, Professor Brian Walker
Lecture Information : Thursdays 5- 7, School of Politics, International Studies and
Philosophy, 19/21 University Square , Room 20.103
Please contact the convenor by phone, e-mail or in person during office hours (Friday
morning (10.30 – 1) or by appointment if there are any points that require clarification.
Feel free to arrange to meet and discuss individual topics in greater detail with any of us
teaching on the course, and to discuss research topics for the dissertation. A separate
leaflet on the dissertation is available from Professor Paul Bew, and we will advise you
on the use of libraries, archives, special collections, newspapers, oral interviews and other
sources of research.
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
There will be mixed form of assessment to include:
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ONE unseen TWO-HOUR examination paper of during the scheduled exam period
(May – June 2006), in which you will answer TWO questions. The exam is worth 50%
of your final grade.
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You are also required to submit ONE assessed essay (of a maximum length of 3,000
words, excluding bibliography and references) to the MAIN OFFICE in the School of
Politics and International Studies before 4:30pm on Friday,28th April 2006. Be sure to
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collect a receipt for this essay, which is worth 50% of your final grade. The word
length must be printed on the essay.
SEMINARS
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You are expected to attend one two-hour seminar per week. The first hour of each
seminar will consist of a lecture, and the second hour of student led presentations for
the topic that week, with further direction from the lecturer. You will each be assigned
a topic for which you will asked to prepare a ten minute presentation
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Important note on submission of late coursework
QUB regulations state that late coursework is penalised at 5% per each working day
(Mon-Fri), for up to five days after the due date, after which the coursework will receive
an automatic 0. The School of Politics has implemented this policy. Students requiring
extensions for medical or other reasons MUST fill out an extension form in the Main
Office.
Important note on PLAGIARISM
The School of Politics takes a very severe line on students who plagiarise work. Students
who attempt to pass off another’s work as their won will receive a mark of ZERO. In
some cases, acts of plagiarism can result in the student failing the entire degree.
Remember, plagiarism includes information quoted without attribution from books,
newspapers, journals AND the internet. Please refer to the Politics handbook for more
information about referencing and plagiarism:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/pol/study_files/plagiarism.htm
ESSAY QUESTION
Answer any one of the following essay questions;
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Can the Republic of Ireland be represented as a postcolonial society?
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Why is the debate on the status of the Irish revolution of such political importance?
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How would you characterize the economic. political and cultural evolution of the Free
State, later Republic of Ireland from 1922 to the Celtic Tiger?
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How would you characterize the politics of commemoration in Ireland from the 1960’s to
the 1990’s?
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ESSAY SUBMISSION
Please note the following regulations regarding the submission of assessed work.
Word limits: The essay is to be between 2,500-3,000 words in length. Penalties will be
applied to abuse of such limits.
Style: You must use an approved style of footnotes/referencing and you must include a full
bibliography.
Plagiarism: see notes elsewhere in this guide
Deadline: The essay is due on 28th April 2006
Submission: You must submit 2 copies of the essay to the Main Office of the School of
Politics and International Studies. Obtain a receipt. Essays should be marked for attention
of the module convenor.
Marking: The essay will be marked according to the scale devised for Postgraduate
Coursework in the School of Politics and International Studies (copies available). A pass
mark of 50% is the equivalent in standard to an ungergraduate 2:1 mark of 60%. A
distinction mark of 70% represents a higher standard than that of a first class
undergraduate mark of 70%.
Penalties: The University has a universal rule regarding penalties for unauthorised late
submission of assessed work. Coursework submitted after the deadline will be
penalised at the rate of 5% mark for each day late, up to a maximum of 10 working
days late, after which a mark of zero will be awarded.
Exemptions: Exemptions from penalties for late submissions will be genuinely
exceptional. You must apply for such an exemption in advance using the appropriate
application form (available in the School Office). The application form must be given to
the module convenor with copies of supporting documentation attached. Follow all the
instruction on the form very carefully and please refer to the University document entitled
‘Guidelines for Late Submission of Coursework (Extenuating Circumstances)’. Certified
medical evidence should normally cover the days immediately preceding the deadline.
Degree requirements: For degree purposes you must achieve a pass mark (of 50%) in
this module. For further details on this requirement, see the section of ‘Passing and
Failing’ in the document distributed to all MA students at enrolment: ‘School of Politics
and International Studies: MA Course Regulations’.
READING AND RESEARCH
You are advised that reading and research are essential elements of this module – both in
relation to essays and exams as well as class participation and preparing for your
dissertation.
Begin with key texts outlined in this module guide as background reading.
All of us will be happy to recommend further material and you need to bear in mind that
demand for material held in the library will be high. We are fortunate in having the superb
Henry Collection of Irish material in the library as well as being very close to the
invaluable Linen Hall Library , the Central Library and the Public Records of Northern
Ireland. All of the Dublin research libraries and the National Archives of Ireland are
accessible. Remember, if you are going to a research library for the first time you may
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need a letter of recommendation though usually a student card showing that you are a
postgraduate will suffice.
You should take the initiative in identifying any additional readings particularly as they
come out in new and recent journal articles as well as material held on the internet. With
reference to journals – as well as new articles endeavour to examine the book review and
review essay sections – some even contain primary documentation which is helpful for
essay’s etc. Journals worth consulting include:, Nations and Nationalisms, Irish Political
Studies, Eire- Ireland, Irish Historical Studies, Bullan- An Irish Studies Journal , The Irish
Review, History Ireland.
The Politics librarian, Ms. Norma Menabney can also help with general queries and on
how to use the library’s bibliographies and citation indices. The BIDS service, is
particularly useful and this search mechanism will often yield excellent material. In
addition as new books are always on order it is advisable to check the ‘new titles’ section
of the main library which is located on the ground floor. You can also ask staff to order
new books. The library now holds many journals which are useful for new material not
necessarily cited on the module reading list.
You should read The Irish Times and follow Irish material reviewed in the Irish Sunday
papers as well as the London press. Current polemical political debates in the Republic are
best followed through contemporary journalism. Though it is not a specified class subject
it is worth attending to journalistic debates on issues like the commemoration of the 1916
Rising. You should learn how to read them politically.
Remember to use a range of websites such as the Irish Government website..
BOOKS TO BUY
Some knowledge of Irish politics is assumed. Participants should read or re-read the
Coakley/Gallagher text which, while excellent, should be treated as background material
(not a course text!) throughout the module: John Coakley and Michael Gallagher (1999)
Politics in the Republic of Ireland (3rd edition), London: Routledge. Hereafter this text is
referred to as PRI.3. (See the references for further reading at the end of each chapter.)
See too Diarmaid Ferriter, The Transformation of Ireland (2004), AlvinJackson, Ireland
1798-1998 and Ronan Fanning Independent Ireland (1983).
LECTURE SCHEDULE
2 February 2006
Introductory meeting
9 February 2006
Historical and Comparative Perspectives – 1910-25: Revolution or not?
Margaret O'Callaghan.
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16 February 2006
Foundations of Statehood: Culture, identity, Stability, ‘the North’.
Margaret O'Callaghan
23 February 2006 Interwar Politics
Paul Bew
2 March 2006
Sean Lemass and the Modernization of Irish Society, 1946-66
Paul Bew
9 March 2006
The Irish Party System to the present.
Brian Walker
16 March 2006 The Politics of Women and the Politics of Representation in Modern
Ireland
Margaret O’ Callaghan
23 March 2006
Ireland in International Affairs – the European Union, the USA, Security and Neutrality
Adrian Guelke
30 March 2006 The Republic of Ireland and European: From a Begging Bowl to the
Celtic Tiger and after.
Margaret O’Callaghan
Easter Break 31 March –24 April
27 April 2006 The Role of Northern Ireland in the Politics of the Republiccommemorations and the debates that surround them,1966-2002.
Margaret O’ Callaghan
4 May 2006
Summary and Conclusions
May Examination period
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1. 2 February
Introductory Meeting.
2. 9 February 2004
1910-25; the debate on ‘a Revolution or not’?(O’Callaghan)
Learning outcomes
 To be on top of the conflicting interpretations of the Irish revolution in the literature
 To understand how this core question lies at the centre of the revisionist debate
Charles Townshend, Easter 1916;the Irish Rebellion ( London, 2005)
Brian P. Murphy Patrick Pearse and the lost Republican Ideal
Paul Bew, Ideology and the Irish Question – Ulster Unionism and Irish Nationalism,
1912-16 (Oxford, 1994)
Paul Bew, Historical Journal, 1999 (offprint)
Margaret O’Callaghan, ‘Franchise Reform, First Past the Post and the Strange Case of
Unionist Ireland’, Parliamentary History, part 2 (1997)(offprint)
Margaret O’ Callaghan, ‘New ways of Looking at the State Apparatus and the State
Archive in nineteenth century Ireland…..Royal Irish Constabulary Reports and their
Political Uses’Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , Volume 104c, number 2,2004.
P S O’Hegarty, The Victory of Sinn Fein (1924)
Patrick Maume, The Long Gestation: Irish Nationalist Politics, 1891-1918 (1999)
Peter Hart,The IRA at War,1016-1923 (OUP, 2003)
Peter Hart, Mick, biography of Michael Collins (2005)
Peter Hart, The IRA and its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-23 (Oxford,
1998)
Peter Hart (ed)British Intelligence in Ireland 1920-21; The final reports
Michael Hopkinson, (ed.)The Last Days of Dublin Castle; the diaries of Mark Sturgis
Meda Ryan, Tom Barry (2005)
Michael Hopkinson, The Irish War of Independence
Michael Hopkinson , Green against Green; Ireland’s Civil War
Marie Coleman, County Longford and the Irish Revolution,1910-1923.
Fearghal McGarry Eoin O’ Duffy
David Fitzpatrick, Politics and Irish Life, 1913-21: Provincial Experiences of War and
Revolution (Dublin, 1977)
David Fitzpatrick, The Two Irelands, 1912-1939 (Oxford, 1998)
Gabriel Doherty and Dermot Keogh, Michael Collins and the Making of the Irish State
(Cork, 1998)
David Fitzpatrick, Revolution? Ireland, 1917-23 (Dublin, 1990)
Dorothy Macardle. The Irish Republic, (1936)
Tom Jones, Whitehall Diaries, Ireland Vol 3 (ed) Keith Middlemass
Tom Pakenham, Peace by Ordeal
K.B. Nowlan, Studies in the History of the Irish Rising (S0 1969)
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Michael Laffan, The Resurrection of Ireland (Oxford, 1999)
Joost Augustijn, From Public Defiance to Guerilla War: The Experience of Ordinary
Volunteers in the Irish War of Independence, 1916-1921 (Dublin, 1996)
Deirdre McMahon, The Moynihan Brothers in Peace and War (2005)
F S L Lyons, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1891-1939 (Oxford, 1979)
Joe Lee, Ireland in the Twentieth Century (Dublin, 2000)
Paul Canning, British Policy Towards Ireland, 1921-1941 (Oxford, 1985)
Frank Costello ‘ King George V’s speech at Belfast(1921); prelude to the Irish Truce’
Offprint in Heaney)
Frank Costello, ‘Lloyd George in Ireland ,1919-21; An Uncertain Policy’ (offprint)
Frank Costello, ‘The Role of Propaganda in the Anglo-Irish War, 1919-21’(Offprint)
Ciaran Brady (ed.) Interpreting Irish History- The Debate on Irish Historical Revisionism
1938-1996 ( Dublin,1994)
D.George Boyce and Alan O’ Day, The Making of Modern Irish History- Revisionism
and the Revisionist Controversy (London, 1996)
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Foundations of Statehood – Culture, Identity, Stability, ‘the North’ (O’Callaghan)
Learning Outcomes
 To understand the debate about how questions of identity and language were
profoundly intertwined
 To articulate the role of the Unionist minority in the south in relation to a ‘ national
cultural project’
 To understand the formalisation and consequences of a new government policy on
‘the north’
 To interrogate Regan’s thesis that the 1920’s witnessed the triumph of the counterrevolution.
PRI.3 Chapter 1
Tom Garvin, The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics (Dublin, 1981)
Tom Garvin, Nationalist Revolutionaries in Ireland, 1858 – 1928 (Oxford, 1987)
Terence Brown, Ireland: A Social and Cultural History, 1922-79 (1981 and reprints)
M Heslinga, The Irish Border as a Cultural Divide
R K Carty, 'From Tradition to Modernity, and Back Again: State Building in Ireland', in
Ronald Hill and Michael Marsh (eds), Modern Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1993)
J J Lee, The Modernization of Irish Society, 1848 – 1918 (Dublin, 1973)
Paul Bew, Ideology and the Irish Question: Ulster Unionism and Irish Nationalism
1912–1916 (Oxford, 1994)
Eunan O'Halpin, The Decline of the Union: British Government in Ireland, 1892 - 1920
(Dublin, 1987)
Michael Laffan, The Partition of Ireland, 1911 - 1925 (Dundalk, 1983)
Gretchen Macmillan, State, Society and Authority in Ireland: the Foundation of the
Modern State (Dublin, 1993)
Brian Farrell, The Irish Parliamentary Tradition.( Dublin, 1973)
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J J Lee, Ireland 1912-1985: Politics and Society (Cambridge, 1989)
Roy Foster, Modern Ireland 1600 - 1972 (London, 1988)
John Coakley, 'Political succession during the transition to independence: evidence from
Europe', in Peter Calvert (ed) The Process of Political Succession (London, 1987)
F.S.L. Lyons, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland , 1890-1939 (Oxford, 1979)
Dennis Kennedy,The Widening Gulf; Northern Attitudes to the Independent Irish
State,1919-49 (Belfast, 1998)
Clare O’ Halloran, Partition and the Limits of Irish Nationalism (Dublin, 1983)
Margaret O’Callaghan, ‘Language, Nationality and Cultural Identity: the Irish Statesman
and the Catholic Bulletin reappraised’, Irish Historical Studies, xxiv, no 94, November
1984, pp 226-45.
Margaret O’ Callaghan, ‘The Church and Irish Independence, The Crane Bag, Vol 7, No
2, November 1983, 65-76. New Ireland Forum Special edition.
Margaret O’ Callaghan,’ D.P. Moran and ‘the Irish colonial condition’? D.G. Boyce,
R.Eccleshall and V. Geoghegan (eds.) Political Thought in Ireland (London, 1994)
Margaret O Callaghan, ‘Old Parchment and Water; the Boundary Commission of 1925
and the Copperfastening of the Irish Border’. Bullan; An Irish Studies Journal, 2000.
Deirdre McMahon, Republicans and Imperialists: Anglo-Irish Relations in the 1930s
(Dublin, 1984)
Eunan O’Halpin, Defending Ireland: The Irish State and its Enemies Since 1922 (Oxford,
1999
Jeffrey Prager, Building Democracy in Ireland (Cambridge, 1986)
Seamus Deane, Strange Country (Oxford, 1997) final chapter.
John Regan, The Irish Counter - Revolution 1921-1936 (Dublin, 1999)
Conor Cruise O’ Brien, States of Ireland (London, 1972)
Conor Cruise O’ Brien , Ancestral Voices
D.H. Akenson, Conor; a Biography of Conor Cruise O’ Brien, vols I and ii (Montreal,
1994
Michael J. Kennedy, Division and Consensus; the Politics of Cross-Border Relations in
Ireland ,1925- 1969 (Dublin, 2000)
John Whyte, Church and State in Modern Ireland (Dublin, 1980 )
Cornelius O’ Leary, Irish Elections,1918-1977; Parties, Voters and Proportional
Representation. ( Dublin, 1979)
C.S. Andrews, Dublin Made Me (Dublin, 1979)
C.S. Andrews, Man of No Property (Dublin, 1982)
Leon O’ Broin, No Man’s Man; A Biographical Memoir of Joseph Brennan (DGublin,
1982)
Leon O’ Broin, Just Like Yesterday; An Autobiography (Dublin, 1985)
Arensberg and Kimball, The Irish Countryman (reissue with new intro, 2002)
23 February
Interwar Politics 1924 – 1945 (Bew)
Learning Outcomes
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To understand the political development of interwar politics
To understand the interaction between continental fascism and Irish rural
conservatism
To understand the changing role of Republicanism in this period.
Maurice Manning , James Dillon, A Biography (Dublin, 1999)
Mike Cronin, The Blueshirts and Irish Politics (Dublin, 1997)
Mary E Daly, Industrial Development and Irish National Identity (Dublin, 1992)
Mary Daly, 'The State in Independent Ireland', in Richard English and Charles
Townshend (eds), The State: Historical and Political Dimensions (London, 1999)
Richard Dunphy, The Making of Fianna Fail Power in Ireland 1923-1948 (Oxford, 1995)
Richard English, Radicals and the Republic: Socialist Republicanism in the Irish Free
State 1925-1937 (Oxford, 1995)
Richard English, Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual (Oxford, 1998)
Bill Kissane, 'The not so amazing case of Irish Democracy', Irish Political Studies 10
(offprint) (1995)
Fearghal McGarry, Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (Cork, 1999)
Jeffrey Prager, Building Democracy in Ireland (Cambridge, 1986)
John Regan, The Irish Counter - Revolution 1921-1936 (Dublin, 1999)
Charles Townshend, 'The Meaning of Irish Freedom', Transactions of the Royal
Historical Society (offprint), 1998.
Gretchen MacMillan, State, Society and Authority in Ireland (Dublin, 1993)
Joseph Lee, Ireland 1912-1985: Politics and Society (Chapts 2 and 3) (Cambridge, 1989)
Tom Garvin, 1922: The Birth of Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1996)
Ronan Fanning, Independent Ireland (Dublin, 1983)
Mike Cronin and John M Regan, Ireland: The Politics of Independence 1922-49
(Basingstoke, 2000)
Michael Kennedy, Division and Consensus (Dublin, 2000)
2 March
Sean Lemass and the Modernization of Irish Society- Politics of Independent
Ireland 1946 - 1966 (Bew)
Learning Outcomes;
 To understand the transformation in the economic ideology and practice of the
Irish state
Paul Bew and Henry Patterson, Sean Lemass and the Making of Modern Ireland, 19451966 (Dublin, 1982)
John Horgan, Sean Lemass: the Enigmatic Patriot (Dublin, 1997)
Brian Farrell, Sean Lemass (Dublin, 1983)
Fergal Tobin, The Best of Decades; Ireland in the 1960’s (Dublin, 1996)
Brian Farrell, Sean Lemass (Dublin, 1980)
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9 March
The Irish Party System to the election of 1997(Walker))
Learning outcomes
 Define the social and ideological formation of the main parties. Analyse how
transformation in the ideology of the state is reflected in ‘ coalitionism’ since the
early seventies
J J Lee, Ireland 1912-1985: Politics and Society (Cambridge, 1989)
Paul Bew et al, The Dynamics of Irish Politics (London, 1989)
Michael Kennedy, Division and Consensus, (Dublin, 2000)
John Horgan, Noel Browne: Passionate Outsider (Dublin, 2000)
David McCullagh, A Makeshift Majority (Dublin, 1998)
Joseph Skelly, Irish Diplomacy at the UN (Dublin, 1997)
Peter Mair, The Changing Irish Party System: Organisation, Ideology and Electoral
Competition (London, 1987)
Eunan O'Halpin, Defending Ireland (Oxford, 1999)
Michael O'Sullivan, Sean Lemass: A Biography (Dublin, 1994)
Henry Patterson, 'Sean Lemass and the Ulster Question', Journal of Contemporary
History 34 (offprint) (1999)
Eithne McDermott, Clann na Poblachta (Dublin, 1999)
Henry Patterson, ‘The Lemass/O’Neill Relationship’, Journal of Contemporary History
(1999)
John Horgan, Sean Lemass; The Enigmatic Patriot (Dublin, 1999)
John Horgan, Noel Browne (Dublin, 2000)
Brian Girvin, Between Two Worlds; Politics and Economy in Modern Ireland (Dublin,
1995)
Garret FitzGerald, All in a Life: An Autobiography (Dublin, 1991)
See QUB bookshop for a range of recently published political biographies and
autobiographies.
16 March
The Politics of Women and the Politics of Representation in Modern Ireland(O’
Callaghan)
Learning outcomes
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To understand how the transformation in the position of women in the Republic
was both a generator of and a consequence of social change. To understand
where women stand now in relation to representation.
PRI. 3 Chapt 12
Linda Connolly ,The Irish Women’s Movement ; from Revolution to Devolution
(Palgrave, 2002)
Galligan, Yvonne, Eilis Ward and Rick Wilford (eds), Contesting Politics: Women in
Ireland, North and South (1999)
Galligan, Yvonne, Women and Politics in Contemporary Ireland: From the margins to
the mainstream (1998)
McNamara, M.and Paschal Mooney, Women in Parliament, Ireland: 1918-2000
Randall, Vicky and Ailbhe Smyth, “Bishops and bailiwicks: obstacles to women’s
political participation in Ireland”, Economic)and Social Review (1987), 18:3, pp. 189-214
Gardiner, Frances, “Gender gaps and dual cultures: are these the missing links in Irish
politics?”, Irish Journal of Feminist Studies (1996), 1:2, pp. 35-56
Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart, “Cultural barriers to women’s leadership: a
worldwide comparison”, available for downloading from www.pippanorris.com
Mikkelsen, Lene (ed), Women and Men in Europe and North America (2000)
Reynolds, Andrew, “Women in the legislatures and executives of the world: knocking at
the highest glass ceiling”(1999), World Politics, 51:4, pp. 547-72
O’Leary, Olivia and Helen Burke, Mary Robinson: The authorised biography (1998)
23 March
Ireland in International Affairs (Guelke)
Learning Outcomes
 To see Ireland’s changing place in the international order from small nation
supporter of decolonizations to member of the UN Security Council
PRI.3 Chpt 13
Brigid Laffan and Rory O'Donnell, 'Ireland and the growth of international governance',
in William Crotty and David E. Schmitt (eds), Ireland and the Politics of Change
(London, 1998)
Brigid Laffan, 'Ireland's External Environment in the 1990's', in Ronald Hill and Michael
Marsh (eds), Modern Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1993)
Patrick Keatinge, 'Ireland and European Neutrality after the Cold War', in Ronald Hill
and Michael Marsh (eds), Modern Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1993)
Patrick Keatinge, A Place Among the Nations: Issues of Irish Foreign Policy (Dublin,
1978)
Patrick Keatinge, Ireland and EC Membership Evaluated (London, 1991)
Patrick Keatinge, A Singular Stance: Irish Neutrality in the 1980s (Dublin, 1984)
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Trevor Salmon, Unneutral Ireland:An Ambivalent and Unique Security Policy (Oxford,
1989)
Paul Gillespie, Britain's European Question: The Issues for Ireland (Dublin, 1996)
David Coombes, Ireland and the European Communities: Ten Years of Membership
(Dublin, 1983)
Garret Fitzgerald, All in a Life: An Autobiography (chapt 6 ‘Ireland’s EC Role’) (Dublin,
1991)
P J Drudy and Dermot McAleese (eds), Ireland and the European Community
(Cambridge, 1984)
Paul Gillespie, 'Ireland in the new world order: interests and values in the Irish
government's White paper on foreign policy', Irish Studies in International Affairs Vol. 7
(1996)
Jim Dooge and Ruth Barrington, A Vital National Interest: Ireland in Europe, 1973-1998
(Dublin, 1999)
30 March
The Republic of Ireland and European Integration: From a Begging Bowl to the
Celtic Tiger and beyond (O’ Callaghan and Dr Justin O’ Brien)
Learning outcomes
 To understand how internal economic and structural change as a result of EC
policies transformed national identity in the Republic. To understand that the
actual process of negotiation and dealing with Brussels changed the former
model of ‘ going through the UK’
 To look at policies towards immigrants in relation to EU policy and the policy of
enlargement
 To look at the Tribunals –Justin O’ Brien(see all relevant websites)
 To question governmental and popular responses to refugees/ immigrants/
asylum seekers in the light of economic and social change
On European Integration
B Laffan, R O’Donnell and M Smith, Europe’s Experimental Union: Rethinking
Integration (1999)
S Hix, The Political System of the European Union (1999)
On Ireland as a Participant in European Integration
P Gillespie and G FitzGerald (eds), Britain’s European Question: The Issues for Ireland
(1996)
Royal Irish Academy, Irish Studies in International Affairs (this annual periodical
contains a review of Ireland’s foreign relations that accounts for the Irish government’s
actions vis-à-vis the EU for each year)
J Goodman, Single Europe, Single Ireland (1999)
D J Maher, The Tortuous Path (1986)
J Dooge and R Barrington (eds), A Vital National Interest: Ireland in Europe, 1973-1998
(1999)
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National Economic and Social Council, European Union: Integration and Enlargement
(1997)
R O’Donnell (ed), Europe: The Irish Experience (1999)
Institute for European Affairs, Agenda 2000: Implications for Ireland (1999)
Department of Foreign Affairs, Challenges and Opportunities Abroad: White Paper on
Foreign Policy (chapt 3, ‘The European Union and the New Europe’) (1996)
B Laffan and E Tannam, ‘Ireland: The Rewards of Pragmatism’, in K Hanf and B
Soetendorp (eds), Adapting to European Integration: Small States and the European
Union (1998)
27 April
The Role of Northern Ireland in the politics of the Republic- the Politics of
commemoration (O’Callaghan and Rebecca Graff)`
Learning Outcomes
 To see, from the outbreak of ‘ the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland how traditional
republicanism was destabilized and how a new ‘revisionism’ came to
characterize southern political culture
 To look at the debates surrounding the commemoration of 1916 in 1966 at the
time and subsequently, to examine the debates on famine commemoration, and
the commemoration of 1798, in the light of contemporary politics.
Brian Girvan, 'Northern Ireland and the Republic', in Paul Mitchell and Rick Wilford
(eds), Politics in Northern Ireland. (Boulder, 1999)
Peter Mair, 'Breaking the Nationalist Mould: the Irish Republic and the Anglo-Irish
Agreement', in Paul Teaguel (ed), Beyond the Rhetoric: Politics, the Economy and Social
Policy in Northern Ireland (London, 1987)
Tom Garvin, 'The North and the Rest: The Politics of the Republic of Ireland', in Charles
Townshend (ed), Consensus in Ireland: Approaches and Recessions, (Oxford, 1988)
Adrian Guelke, Northern Ireland: The International Perspective (especially chpt 6 'The
South and the North') (1988)
Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd, The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland (chpt 9
'The Republic of Ireland and the conflict in Northern Ireland') (Cambridge, 1996)
Padraig O'Malley, The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today (especially chpt 2 'The South: A
Question of Commitment') (1983)
E Davis and Richard Sinnott, Attitudes in the Republic of Ireland Relevant to the
Northern Ireland Problem (Dublin, 1979)
Richard Rose, Ian McAllister and Peter Mair, 'Is there a Concurring Majority about
Northern Ireland?', Strathclyde Studies in Public Policy 22 (1978)
John Bowman, DeValera and the Ulster Question, 1917-1973 (Oxford, 1982)
Harvey Cox, 'The Politics of Irish Unification in the Irish Republic', Parliamentary
Affairs 38.4 (1985)
Patrick Keatinge, 'Unequal sovereigns: the diplomatic dimension of Anglo-Irish
relations', in P J Drudy (ed), Ireland and Britain since 1922 (Cambridge, 1986)
Bruce Arnold, What kind of Country: Modern Irish Politics, 1968-1983 (London, 1984)
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Martin Mansegh, 'The background to the peace process', Irish Studies in International
Affairs Vol 6 (1985)
Eamonn Mallie and David McKittrick, The Fight for Peace: The Secret Story Behind the
Irish Peace Process (London, 1996)
Conor Cruise O’ Brien, States of Ireland (1972)
Tom Dunne, Rebellions; Memoir, Memory and 1798 (Dublin, 2004)
Primary Materials to be provided.
4 May
Summary, revisions, conclusions (O’Callaghan)
Short Presentation Topics
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These are designed to be 10 minute presentations that focus on some aspect of the
question covered in the lecture. You are not marked or assessed on them though they are
designed to focus your reading. Ideally a presentation should open out a topic for
discussion, rather than definitively answer the question under consideration. It is intended
that all of you will have done some reading around these questions in advance of the
session.
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