THIRD MAYNOOTH SUMMER SCHOOL IN EARLY IRISH STUDIES
27th. August to 9th. September, 1995
9.00-10.00 COMPARATIVE CELTIC GRAMMAR (McCone)
OR PRE-NORMAN IRISH HISTORY (Etchingham)
10.00-11.00 COMPARATIVE CELTIC GRAMMAR (McCone)
OR EARLY IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL LITERATURE (Herbert, week 1)
EARLY IRISH HAGIOGRAPHY (Etchingham, week 2)
11.00-11.30 Morning coffee
11.30-12.30 COMPARATIVE CELTIC GRAMMAR (McCone)
OR EARLY IRISH SAGA LITERATURE I (Herbert, week 1)
BACKGROUND TO BARDIC POETRY (Simms, week 2)
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.00 EARLY MODERN IRISH (McManus)
OR EARLY IRISH SAGA TEXT (McCone)
15.00-16.00 MIDDLE IRISH (O hUiginn)
OR EARLY IRISH SAGA LITERATURE II (Herbert, week 1)
BARDIC POETRY (McManus, week 2)
16.00-16.30 Afternoon tea
16.30-17.30 BEGINNERS' OLD IRISH (McManus)
OR OLD IRISH LEGAL TRACT (Breatnach)
17.30-18.30 BEGINNERS' MODERN IRISH (O hUiginn)
OR EARLY IRISH POETRY (Breatnach)
Further details can be obtained by contacting
Prof. Kim McCone, Tel.: (+353-)1-7083666
Dept. of Old and Middle Irish, Fax: (+353-)1-6289737
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth,
E-mail:krmccone@maynooth.win-uk.net
County Kildare, Ireland.
Tuition fees (inc. tea/coffee): IR160
Accommodation (self-catering): IR160
No classes on Sunday
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Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 15:47:34 LCL
From: "Kim R. McCone" <krmccone@MAYNOOTH.WIN-UK.NET>
Subject: MA in Medieval Irish History an d Sources
Department of Old and Middle Irish
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
County Kildare, Ireland
M.A. in Early Medieval Irish History and Sources.
AIMS: This course seeks to equip participants for Irish medieval historical rese
arch
by providing (1) basic linguistic skills necessary for reading primary Irish med
ieval
sources, (2) appropriate methodological and analytical approaches to their histo
rical
evaluation, (3) opportunities to apply these practically to specific texts and (
4)
general surveys of the sources themselves and their socio-political background.
This will normally be a one-year full-time course with standard fees for an M.A.
of
the National University of Ireland (details available from College admissions of
fice)
but under exceptional circumstances may be provided on a part-time basis over tw
o
years.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Those normal for an M.A. (Mode 2). Second Class
Honours, Grade Two (or the equivalent from another university) in an appropriate
subject
COURSES: Six hours of lectures/seminars per week, making up a total of 144
hour-units overall. The core component A (48 units) below to be compulsory for
all participants and either component B or component C (48 units each) for those
not able to demonstrate an adequate knowledge of Old/Middle Irish or Latin.
Anyone with a satisfactory knowledge of Latin only will be required to take the
basic Old Irish course but it will not be possible to combine both B and C. In
addition four of the course options D-P (12 units each) will be selected, D and
E to
be compulsory unless already covered at undergraduate level. A further four of
these must be chosen if neither B nor C is taken.
A. Pre-Norman Ireland: the historical sources, their background and the Church.
(weekly two-hour seminar throughout year)
B. Basic Old Irish. (two hours per week throughout year)
C. Basic Latin. (two hours per week throughout year)
D/E. Irish history from the coming of Christianity to 1400. (two hours per week
for
the first half of the year)
F. Early Irish law and society. (one hour per week - first half)
G. Reading an Old Irish legal text. (one hour per week - second half)
H. The political and social content of early Irish saga I. (one hour per week -
first
half).
I. The political and social content of early Irish saga II. (one hour per week -
second
half)
J. Palaeography and manuscript reading. (one hour per week - second half)
K. Ireland in the twelfth century. (one hour per week - first half)
L. Reading a Medieval Irish saga. (one hour per week -second half)
M. Women in Pre-Norman Ireland (one hour per week - second half)
N. Reading a Hiberno-Latin saint's Life (one hour per week - second half)
O. The problem of Saint Patrick and the coming of Christianity to Ireland (one h
our
per week - first half)
P. The Organisation of the early Irish Church (one hour per week - second half)
Sections H-P above may be subjected to the addition or alteration of individual
topics from time to time.
MINOR THESIS: Ten to fifteen thousand words with proper referencing and
bibliography to be written on a suitable Irish topic falling within the period
650-1200 A.D. An historically oriented commentary on an appropriate Medieval
Irish or Latin text or group of texts would be one possibility.
EXAMINATIONS: The minor thesis above will be worth 40% of the total marks
awarded. The remaining 60% will be accounted for by three examination papers
worth 20% each on course A, course B or C (if taken; otherwise the extra four
options mentioned above), and the four relevant options in D-N respectively.
MARKS AND STANDARDS: M.A. (Mode 2) norms to apply, namely 40%
Pass, 60% II Honours, 70% I Honours.