Old & Middle Irish (MA)

The MA in Old and Middle Irish is designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in the Irish language and the literature of the period c. 600–c.1200. It is aimed at those who already have a good basic knowledge of Irish (Medieval or Modern) or another Celtic language and, in exceptional circumstances, at those who have an appropriate another background to undertake the study of Old and Middle Irish from the beginning. 

Staff help to identify thesis topics which may lend themselves to eventual publication. While teaching is in English, (to accommodate students from different backgrounds), the use of Irish is actively supported, and the University’s bilingual campus is of special benefit to all students of Irish, of whatever period.

Subjects in this course are:-

• Required SG527: Minor Thesis (MA in Old and Middle Irish)
• Optional SG510: Grammar of Old & Middle Irish I
• Optional SG511: Grammar of Old & Middle Irish II
• Optional SG514: History, Scholarship & Culture in Medieval Ireland
• Optional SG515: Comparative Linguistics
• Optional SG521: Literary History: Foundations and Early Writings
• Optional SG525: Readings in Medieval Irish (C): Poetry
• Optional SG526: Readings in Medieval Irish (A): Prose Tales
• Optional SG522: Literary History: A Tradition Established
• Optional SG524: Readings in Medieval Irish (D): Allegory and Mythology
• Optional SG523: Readings in Medieval Irish (B): Law Texts