Laragh wrote:
“You colonizers never learn your own history.”
Took GCSE and A-Level history. This includes world history but one of my A Level modules was to do with UK politics (apart from Assembly creation, it was just Westminster politics but hey ho that was the course name.) from 1945 - 2010.
In that we learnt two things linked to Ireland and Northern Ireland, IRA attacks and the Good Friday Agreement.
The Potato Famine would have been covered in early high school years (11-13 year olds).
However these things are not focused on Ireland at all. History is written by the winners and our textbooks certainly play into the 'victories' over the atrocious shit done in our long history. The Potato Famine would be covered in a line when learning about Queen Victoria, I remember spending more time in deciding who she should marry by reading lonely heart columns of her suitors.
The IRA attacks mainly focused on the Brighton Tory conference bomb and The Good Friday Agreement was more to do with blowing smoke up Tony Blairs arse regarding foreign diplomacy.
However that is due to the course focus.
Other than that. I do not recall anything being taught about Ireland. Different schools may have different courses and Uni courses more varied with independent study however in compulsory learning Ireland is not taught. At least that's my experience, our national curriculum has been in constant flux for decades now. Could mean things are changing for the better but highly doubt it with how humanities are treated.
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