Leaving Cert History 2018

The 2018 Leaving Cert History exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2018 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 rte, republic of ireland, document analysis · 100 marks
  • Q2 ireland and the union, 19th century ireland · 100 marks
  • Q3 political reform, social reform, 19th century ireland · 100 marks
  • Q4 irish independence, partition, 20th century ireland · 100 marks
  • Q5 irish diaspora, emigration · 100 marks
  • Q6 northern ireland, politics and society · 100 marks
  • Q7 nationalism, european state formation · 100 marks
  • Q8 international tensions, tsarist russia, world war i · 100 marks
  • Q9 dictatorship, democracy, interwar europe · 100 marks
  • Q10 cold war, european division · 100 marks
  • Q11 decolonisation, european empire, arab-israeli conflict · 100 marks
  • Q12 united states, cold war, vietnam · 100 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2018 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 republic of ireland, rté, television, broadcasting · 100 marks
  • Q2 ireland and the union, catholic emancipation, daniel o'connell · 100 marks
  • Q3 political and social reform, gaa, home rule · 100 marks
  • Q4 pursuit of sovereignty, partition, 1948 general election · 100 marks
  • Q5 irish diaspora, de valera, emigration · 100 marks
  • Q6 northern ireland, the troubles, battle of the bogside · 100 marks
  • Q7 nationalism and state formation, robert owen, new lanark · 100 marks
  • Q8 nation states and international tensions, world war i, battle of the somme · 100 marks
  • Q9 dictatorship and democracy, stalin, show trials · 100 marks
  • Q10 division and realignment in europe, hungarian uprising, cold war · 100 marks
  • Q11 retreat from empire, suez crisis, decolonisation · 100 marks
  • Q12 united states and the world, cuban missile crisis, cold war · 100 marks
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