This degree offers students a unique opportunity to study the history, politics, culture, literature, and language of Ireland. The interdisciplinary nature of the course provides students with a broad grounding in the Humanities and Social Sciences, equipping graduates with a diverse and versatile skills set suitable for a wide-range of careers.

You will explore Irish identity and society from a number of perspectives including the historical, the linguistic, the political, the literary and the ethnographic. You will then have the opportunity to develop expertise in your chosen area of study through the range of modules available in your second and third year. The programme maximises flexibility, offering you the chance to select approved modules from across the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This interdisciplinary subject provides you with a range of transferable skills that include research methodologies such as interview techniques, linguistic skills, questionnaire design and execution and the ability to analyse literary texts and historical documents, as well as photographic and artistic representations.

An Irish Studies degree will allow you to pursue a career in areas such as heritage and tourism, teaching, publishing, journalism, public relations, marketing, parliamentary research and the civil service. Alternatively, many of our graduates go on to undertake further academic research.