At the moment Roinn an Bhéaloidis: Department of Folklore and Ethnology offers two undergraduate modules as part of CK101 or the Arts Programme. Here are brief descriptions of both. Both are available as postgraduate options.
I láthair na huaire cuireann Roinn an Bhéaloidis: Department of Folklore and Ethnology dhá mhodúl fochéime ar fáil mar chuid de CK101 nó de chlár léinn na n-ealaíon. Bíonn an dá cheann fáil ar leibhéal iarchéime.
Léann Dúchais
Cad is béaloideas ann? Conas a thuigeann an gnáthdhuine an saol? Cá bhfuil an saol eile? Cad a bhí nó atá sa seanchas? Cén sórt scéalaíocht a bhí nó atá in Éirinn? Cén sórt creidimh a bhí nó atá ages na daoine? Is é atá sa bhéaloideas ná cineálacha faoi leith eolais a bhíonn ag daoine. Is féidir a rá gur cultúr nó saol laethúil na ndaoine a bhíonn i gceist. Is ábhar suntasach ‘An Léann Dúchais’ a cuirtear ar fáil do mhic léinn mar chuid den chlár staidéir sna healaíona nó CK101. Is iontach an t-ábhar é do mhic léinn a bhfuil suim sa Ghaeilge agus go háirithe i gcultúr na Gaeilge acu. Déanann “An Léann Dúchais” staidéar faoi leith ar thraidisiúin na hÉireann nó ar bhéaloideas na hÉireann, ar sheanchas, ar chreideamh agus ar phiseoga, agus ar an gcultúr fisiciúil nó ábhartha.
Is tosnú é ar eolas a chur ar an mbéaloideas féin nó ar an ndúchas seo agus ar an léann a bhaineann leis. Tugtar folklore as Béarla go minic air. Bíonn a lán ceisteanna á gcur sa Léann Dúchais mar gheall ar chultúr na hÉireann agus an domhain mhóir. Bíonn a lán ábhair suimiúla á phlé sa mhodúl LD1001 sa chéad bhliain den Léann Dúchais. Bíonn traidisiúin dhifriúla, scéalta, finscéalta, seanfhocail, seanchas, síóga, piseoga, leighis, liosanna, tithe, troscán agus sean-nós.
Folklore
What is folklore or tradition and how has it shaped popular culture and everyday life in the world? ‘Folklore’ is offered to students as an independent subject in Arts or CK101. It offers an opportunity to students to begin the study of everyday or ordinary life in all of its diversity and vast range of cultural expressions. The subject aims to begin the exploration of the cultural traditions, expressions and experiences of people. It aims to approach and question ina scholarly way the interpretations and expressions of people as folklore.
Folklore, like its synonyms popular culture, indigenous culture, everyday life, represents the vernacular expressions of both past and present alike. These expressions are articulated variously in narrative and story, ritual and belief or in material ways. More specifically, in an Irish and comparative context, the study of Folklore involves the study of Oral Literature, ‘Narrative and Story’, Popular Religion, ‘Belief, Healing, Festivals’ and Popular Material Culture, ‘Tools and Housing’.
