Leaving Cert History 2016

The 2016 Leaving Cert History exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

What's in the 2016 Higher Level paper?

Q1 nazi propaganda, nuremberg rallies, document analysis, dictatorship · 100 marks
Q2 ireland and the union, daniel o'connell, the famine, 19th century ireland · 100 marks
Q3 political reform, social reform, home rule, 19th century ireland · 100 marks
Q4 irish independence, partition, 1916 rising, 20th century ireland · 100 marks
Q5 irish diaspora, emigration, irish nationalism · 100 marks
Q6 northern ireland, politics and society, brian faulkner · 100 marks
Q7 republic of ireland, sean lemass, economy and society · 100 marks
Q8 nationalism, european state formation, 1848 revolutions · 100 marks
Q9 international tensions, world war i, industrialisation · 100 marks
Q10 cold war, european division, soviet russia · 100 marks
Q11 decolonisation, european empire, katanga, race relations · 100 marks
Q12 united states, cold war, mccarthyism, moon landing · 100 marks

What's in the 2016 Ordinary Level paper?

Q1 dictatorship and democracy, jarrow march, unemployment, 1930s britain · 100 marks
Q2 ireland and the union, catholic emancipation, daniel o'connell, famine · 100 marks
Q3 political and social reform, gaa, michael cusack, land reform · 100 marks
Q4 pursuit of sovereignty, kathleen lynn, 1916 rising, partition · 100 marks
Q5 irish diaspora, emigration, catholic church, britain · 100 marks
Q6 northern ireland, national identity, the troubles, civil rights · 100 marks
Q7 republic of ireland, sean lemass, economy, eec · 100 marks
Q8 nationalism and state formation, education reform, literacy, 1848 revolutions · 100 marks
Q9 nation states and international tensions, world war i, women, germany · 100 marks
Q10 division and realignment in europe, second vatican council, cold war, catholic church · 100 marks
Q11 retreat from empire, decolonisation, congo, africa · 100 marks
Q12 united states and the world, space race, cold war, civil rights · 100 marks

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