Junior Cert Religious Education 2026

The 2026 Junior Cert Religious Education exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Common Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2026 Common Level paper?
  • Q1 peace, forgiveness and reconciliation, interfaith dialogue · 26 marks
  • Q2 founders and founding stories, god and the divine · 22 marks
  • Q3 communities of faith, religion in ireland, belief in daily life · 32 marks
  • Q4 wellbeing of others, care for the earth · 20 marks
  • Q5 sacred texts, wellbeing of others · 20 marks
  • Q6 religion and culture · 23 marks
  • Q7 religious objects, belief in daily life · 18 marks
  • Q8 prayer, communities of faith · 33 marks
  • Q9 rites of passage, faith development · 24 marks
  • Q10 ritual, rites of passage, non-religious worldviews · 22 marks
  • Q11 religion in ireland, pilgrimage and sacred places, early irish christianity · 14 marks
  • Q12 morally good life, non-religious worldviews · 32 marks
  • Q13 moral decision-making · 26 marks
  • Q14 influences on morality · 15 marks
  • Q15 meaning of life, non-religious worldviews · 33 marks

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