BA English and Irish
About this course
BA in English and BA (Hons) Irish with History, exploring literary works across multiple traditions and historical contexts. Core topics include Historical Research, Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students examine materials ranging from early Anglo-Saxon texts to contemporary global literatures, alongside the cultural and linguistic study of the Irish language.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including A-level English and Irish Note: for applicants who have not studied A-level English then AS-level English (grade A) would be acceptable in lieu of A-level English.
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What students say
Based on about 7 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 94%
- Assessment and feedback: 81%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 86%
- Student voice: 78%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 90 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 62%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 3%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 18%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 13%
- Sales occupations: 11%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 62%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 57%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Modules
- English in Transition
- Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology
- Introduction to English Language
- Gaeilge 1
- Celtic Mythology
- Gaeilge 2
- Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World
- Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English
- Language and Power
- History of English: Studying Language Change
- Scottish Gaelic Language 1
- Shakespeare and Co
- Irish Literature
- Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England
- Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
- Inventing America
- Modernism and Modernity
- Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820)
- Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature
- Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832
- Enlightenment and its Discontents
- Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity
- Scannánaiocht na Gaeilge: Studies in Irish Film
- America's Aftermaths
- Cearta an Duine agus Nualitríocht na Gaeilge
- Gairmeacha le Gaeilge (work placement)
- Writing Contemporary Ireland: Elegy, Epistle, Ekphrasis
- The Bible and Modern Fiction
- Poetry from Britain and Irelan
- Gaeilge 3
- Women's Writing 1680-1830
- Shakespeare on Screen
- Speech Worlds: Phonological Acquisition, Variation and Disorder
- Televising the Victorians
- Language and Literature in the Gaelic World
- Language in the Media
- Double Dissertation English Literature
- Double Dissertation English Language
- Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English
- Special Topic in Creative Writing
- Special Topic in Irish Writing
- Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
- Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities
- The Structure of English
- Nuafhilíocht na Gaeilge
- Representing the Working Class
- Writing New York, 1880-1940
- Contemporary Poetry
- Irish Gothic
- Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present
- Work-based Learning
- Restoration to Regency in Contemporary Fiction
- Love Across the Divide: Northern Irish Literature and Culture 1968-Present
- Scéal na hImirce -The Migrant Experience
- Gairmeacha le Gaeilge
- An Béal Beo
- An Miontráchtas: Dissertation
- Shakespeare's History Plays: Then and Now
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Irish at Queen's University Belfast earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £28,000. The £25,000 median after fifteen months is £2,000 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English and Irish at Queen's University Belfast do next?
92% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Irish at Queen's University Belfast?
87% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Irish at Queen's University Belfast?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 140 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English and Irish at Queen's University Belfast?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.