Folklore University College Cork

Overview

The study of ordinary life is at the heart of this Folklore programme at University College Cork . Years of experience in teaching and conducting original research into Irish life, traditions and folklore make the Department of Folklore and Ethnology the ideal place to study these aspects of Irish life, and make participating in the Higher Diploma in Folklore a rich and rewarding experience. 

By studying for a Higher Diploma in Folklore, you will cover key topics including:

• oral literature (e.g. narrative, story, and song)

• popular religion (e.g. belief, healing, festivals)

• popular material culture (e.g. vernacular housing, and technologies past and present).

This course will give you the skills to:

• trace the development of the discipline of Irish and European folklore

• engage with various aspects of traditional and contemporary Irish culture

• identify key genres in narrative, and recount the social and cultural context for storytelling

• evaluate the ethnographic value of archival documents

• be able to research an ethnographic project through archival sources

• design an ethnographic fieldwork project

• use recording technology to conduct an ethnographic interview.