OpenLearn Ireland Hub

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OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Congress of Trade Unions Learning Hub

This OpenLearn hub, prepared in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, features free, flexible, distance learning content designed to support employability and upskilling.

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Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

Despite experiencing discrimination on account of their religion and culture, the Catholic Irish gradually gained acceptance in American society.

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5 mins

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A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

As a result of social and economic change in both Ireland and the United States, Irish Catholic migrants to America began to outnumber their Protestant counterparts by the early 1830s.

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5 mins

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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

Despite their fearsome reputation on the frontier, the Scots-Irish contributed much to American cultural life.

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5 mins

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The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies

Protestant migrants from Ulster, who were predominantly Presbyterian, emigrated to America in large numbers during the British colonial period.

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5 mins

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Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

Why does the Battle of The Somme still matter so much in Ireland, for both the South and North?

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10 mins

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Podcast Art Gallery: A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

This interactive digital gallery showcases the artwork submitted by final year illustration students from Ulster University who entered a competition to design the cover art for our Good Friday Agreement Podcast.

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5 mins