Irish Nationalist Youth Culture

(2.5,3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

HIS 20710 Irish Nationalist Youth Culture: 1900-23 at UCD; This module will explore Irish nationalist youth culture in the period from the Children's Patriotic Treat of 1900 to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. It will examine the topic of youth culture in a comparative international context and provide an introduction to approaches to the history of children and childhood. The module will not only consider the ways in which children and adolescents were introduced to Irish nationalism and recruited into the nationalist movement, but also the contributions of youth to the struggle for Irish independence.