Leaving Cert History 2019

The 2019 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 2019 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 economic expansion, 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, world war i · 100 marks
  • Q9 dictatorship, democracy, interwar europe · 100 marks
  • Q10 cold war, european division · 100 marks
  • Q11 decolonisation, european empire · 100 marks
  • Q12 united states, cold war, civil rights · 100 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2019 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 republic of ireland, economic expansion, t.k. whitaker · 100 marks
  • Q2 ireland and the union, famine, catholic emancipation · 100 marks
  • Q3 political and social reform, 1913 lockout, home rule · 100 marks
  • Q4 pursuit of sovereignty, partition, world war ii neutrality · 100 marks
  • Q5 irish diaspora, emigration, post-war britain · 100 marks
  • Q6 northern ireland, ulster workers' council strike, sunningdale · 100 marks
  • Q7 nationalism and state formation, haussmann, paris · 100 marks
  • Q8 nation states and international tensions, naval race, world war i · 100 marks
  • Q9 dictatorship and democracy, stalin, kulaks · 100 marks
  • Q10 division and realignment in europe, cold war, solzhenitsyn · 100 marks
  • Q11 retreat from empire, decolonisation, congo · 100 marks
  • Q12 united states and the world, civil rights, montgomery bus boycott · 100 marks
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