On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
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Describe the evolution of the modern Irish landscape
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Understand the nature and form of the built landscape
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Assess the impacts of the medieval period and colonialism on the modern Irish landscape
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Discuss the effects of economic and demographic expansion, the estate system and landholding on the landscape
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Analyze the geographies of administrative change in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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Critically analyze representations of the Irish landscape