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Queen's University Belfast
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Queen's University Belfast

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Undergraduate 2027

Undergraduate 2025

BA | Undergraduate

Irish and History

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Entry year : Academic Year 2027/28

Entry requirements : ABB

Attendance : 3 years (Full-time) \

UCAS Code : QV51

Students on the BA Irish and History will receive intensive tuition in the Irish language with 3-4 hours of language instruction each week. Students on this pathway choose from a wide range of modules relating to Irish culture and society such as the short story, poetry, Gaelic identity, mythology and Scottish Gaelic. In History, there is a wide choice of relevant modules spanning a long chronological period from Ancient History through to the Contemporary History of the late twentieth century.

Celtic Studies students are happiest graduates in UK (The Times, 2023)

Course highlights

Global Opportunities

You will have a chance to spend up to a year studying business in the US or you can take a semester at another university in Europe.

We have former students in senior positions in most Irish language sectors and we maintain good links with media production companies, the translation sector and language promotion agencies. Several modules include links with local collaborative partners, which provide students with opportunities to network with experts in the field or to gain experience of particular industries prior to graduation.

World Class Facilities

Queen’s has an excellent library for Irish materials and an outstanding collection of resources relating to Ireland.

Internationally Renowned Experts

Queen’s has world-leading experts in the history of the Irish language and literature and had the highest ranked research unit including Irish and Celtic languages in the most recent Research Excellence Framework.

Student Experience

Students receive intensive instruction in spoken and written Irish and the School supports a 3-week summer school in the Donegal Gaeltacht each year.

Further Study Opportunities

Students completing this course may proceed to the MRes which is a research preparation degree, allowing students to explore in depth a topic of their choice. It is an ideal preparation for PhD research. Other PG courses of possible interest for graduates of Irish include the MA in Arts Management and the MA in Translation

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