Leaving Cert History 2022

The 2022 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 2022 Higher Level paper?

Q1 northern ireland, coleraine university controversy, document comprehension · 20 marks
Q2 northern ireland, coleraine university controversy, document comparison · 20 marks
Q3 northern ireland, source criticism, historical sources · 20 marks
Q4 northern ireland, coleraine university controversy, contextualisation · 40 marks
Q5 ireland, union, famine · 100 marks
Q6 ireland, political reform, social reform · 100 marks
Q7 ireland, partition, sovereignty · 100 marks
Q8 ireland, irish diaspora, emigration · 100 marks
Q9 ireland, government, economy and society · 100 marks
Q10 europe, nationalism, state formation · 100 marks
Q11 europe, international tensions, world war i · 100 marks
Q12 europe, dictatorship, democracy · 100 marks
Q13 europe, cold war, european integration · 100 marks
Q14 decolonisation, africa, asia · 100 marks
Q15 united states, cold war, race relations · 100 marks

What's in the 2022 Ordinary Level paper?

Q1 documents-based question, politics and society in northern ireland 1949-1993, coleraine university controversy · 100 marks
Q2 ireland and the union 1815-1870, synod of thurles, daniel o'connell, the famine · 100 marks
Q3 movements for political and social reform 1870-1914, gaelic athletic association, home rule, cultural revival · 100 marks
Q4 the pursuit of sovereignty and the impact of partition 1912-1949, anglo-irish treaty, patrick pearse, neutrality · 100 marks
Q5 the irish diaspora 1840-1966, de valera in america, irish emigration, irish-american experience · 100 marks
Q6 government economy and society in the republic of ireland 1949-1989, women in the 1960s, sean lemass, charles haughey · 100 marks
Q7 nationalism and state formation in europe 1815-1871, robert owen, italian unification, 1848 revolutions · 100 marks
Q8 nation states and international tensions 1871-1920, otto von bismarck, world war i, wilhelm ii · 100 marks
Q9 dictatorship and democracy in europe 1920-1945, mussolini and fascism, hitler foreign policy, world war ii · 100 marks
Q10 division and realignment in europe 1945-1992, second vatican council, berlin airlift, gorbachev · 100 marks
Q11 european retreat from empire and the aftermath 1945-1990, race relations in france, decolonisation, suez crisis · 100 marks
Q12 the united states and the world 1945-1989, vietnam war, civil rights movement, american dream · 100 marks

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