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The Great Tours: Ireland and Northern Ireland

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Course Description

Overview

Explore the passionate history, world-renowned culture, breathtaking landscape, and welcoming people of the Emerald Isle.

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 01: A Destination like No Other
  • 02: Prehistoric and Celtic Ireland
  • 03: Early Christian and Medieval Ireland
  • 04: Ireland during the Protestant Ascendancy
  • 05: From the Easter Rising to the Present Day
  • 06: Dublin’s Fair City
  • 07: Dublin Today, South and North of the Liffey
  • 08: The Churches of Dublin
  • 09: The Museums of Dublin
  • 10: Day Trips from Dublin
  • 11: Kilkenny, the Rock of Cashel, and Cahir
  • 12: Exploring Cork
  • 13: Killarney and the Ring of Kerry
  • 14: The Dingle Peninsula
  • 15: North Kerry, from Tralee to the Shannon
  • 16: Clare and Galway, the Heart of the West
  • 17: Traveling Ireland’s Northwest
  • 18: The Ireland of W. B. Yeats
  • 19: The Irish Revival in Literature and Art
  • 20: James Joyce’s Ireland
  • 21: Experiencing Belfast
  • 22: Northern Ireland beyond Belfast
  • 23: Pub Life and Traditional Irish Music
  • 24: Ireland in Film and Sport

Taught by

Marc C. Conner

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