Interesting doing the rounds of University open days at the minute and History is one of the things on the list. Most of them said the same things, in Uni, it is less about the what and more about the why these days as the what was covered in secondary school.
I do find some of the things on the LC History course a bit odd. Jarrow march for example might have been important across the little pond but was it relevant to Ireland or globally?
My youngest did a Junior cert CBA on a particular ambush in the War of Independence, in fairness, going off and researching it and bringing it all together for a coheirant project was an excellent learning experience for her.