Course Description
All candidates undertake core courses in Old Irish prose, Old Irish poetry, Primitive and Archaic Irish, Early Irish law and Middle Irish. In addition students attend a series of guest lectures organised by the department, and all undertake a dissertation of 20,000 words.
Early Irish
Entry requirements
The M.Phil. course builds on the material presented in the Postgraduate Diploma in Old Irish. Applicants will therefore normally have successfully completed the latter course, though persons with equivalent competence in Old Irish but who have not successfully completed the diploma are also eligible to apply. All candidates undertake core courses in Old Irish prose, Old Irish poetry, Primitive and Archaic Irish, Early Irish law and Middle Irish. In addition students attend a series of guest lectures organised by the department, and all undertake a dissertation of 20,000 words.
Duration
2 years full-time.
Further enquiries
Course Coordinator: Professor Damian McManus
Telephone Number: +353-1-896 1105
Course Email: pmcmanus@tcd.ie
Application date
Closing Date: 31 March 2020
Enrolment and start dates
Next Intake: September 2020
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