# Junior Cert History: Plantation, Revolution & Famine questions

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

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Plantations in Ireland, revolutions in Europe and the wider world, pre-twentieth-century Irish rebellions, technological change, the Great Famine and emigration.

8 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): physical force tradition, 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

- Q3 (51 marks): source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)
- Q4 (45 marks): source analysis, cause and consequence - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)
- Q5 (36 marks): source analysis, historical terms - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=15) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=12)

### 2024

- Q4 (33 marks): cause and consequence - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)

### 2023

- Q3 (54 marks): historical terms, source analysis, cause and consequence - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)

### 2022

- Q4 (45 marks): source analysis, primary and secondary sources - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=9)
- Q5 (45 marks): source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=14) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=11)

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