# Junior Cert History: Irish Politics & Independence questions

> Every Junior Cert History exam question on Irish Politics & Independence, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie.

Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/history/topic/irish-politics-independence

The parliamentary and physical force traditions, the Home Rule crisis, the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War.

5 past History questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme.

## Common Level

### 2026

- Q4 (36 marks): irish rebellions, archives, primary and secondary sources - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=13) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)

### 2025

- Q1 (33 marks): archives, source analysis, primary and secondary sources - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=5)

### 2024

- Q5 (45 marks): source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=14) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=11)

### 2023

- Q4 (44 marks): source analysis, primary and secondary sources, cause and consequence - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)

### 2022

- Q6 (51 marks): archives, source analysis, census records - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=16) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=12)

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