Leaving Cert History 2023

The 2023 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 2023 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 northern ireland, sunningdale agreement, documents-based question · 100 marks
  • Q2 ireland and the union, irish landlords · 100 marks
  • Q3 ireland and the union, daniel o'connell, catholic emancipation · 100 marks
  • Q4 ireland and the union, great famine, charles trevelyan · 100 marks
  • Q5 ireland and the union, fenianism, james stephens · 100 marks
  • Q6 political and social reform, charles stewart parnell · 100 marks
  • Q7 political and social reform, edward carson · 100 marks
  • Q8 political and social reform, 1913 lockout · 100 marks
  • Q9 political and social reform, gaa, gaelic league · 100 marks
  • Q10 pursuit of sovereignty, home rule, 1918 election · 100 marks
  • Q11 pursuit of sovereignty, northern ireland, partition · 100 marks
  • Q12 pursuit of sovereignty, anglo-irish relations, de valera · 100 marks
  • Q13 pursuit of sovereignty, eucharistic congress, irish language · 100 marks
  • Q14 irish diaspora, emigration · 100 marks
  • Q15 irish diaspora, de valera, irish-american · 100 marks
  • Q16 irish diaspora, emigration to britain, assimilation · 100 marks
  • Q17 irish diaspora, image of the irish abroad, john f. kennedy · 100 marks
  • Q18 republic of ireland, social change, status of women · 100 marks
  • Q19 republic of ireland, seán lemass, jack lynch · 100 marks
  • Q20 republic of ireland, anglo-irish relations, charles haughey · 100 marks
  • Q21 republic of ireland, john charles mcquaid, vatican ii · 100 marks
  • Q22 nationalism and state formation, 1848 revolutions, germany · 100 marks
  • Q23 nationalism and state formation, agriculture, industry · 100 marks
  • Q24 nationalism and state formation, napoleon iii, baron haussmann · 100 marks
  • Q25 nationalism and state formation, cultural nationalism, art and music · 100 marks
  • Q26 nation states and international tensions, russia, russian revolution · 100 marks
  • Q27 nation states and international tensions, new imperialism, colonial rivalries · 100 marks
  • Q28 nation states and international tensions, world war i, douglas haig · 100 marks
  • Q29 nation states and international tensions, motor car, medicine · 100 marks
  • Q30 dictatorship and democracy, fascism · 100 marks
  • Q31 dictatorship and democracy, stalin, soviet economy · 100 marks
  • Q32 dictatorship and democracy, france · 100 marks
  • Q33 dictatorship and democracy, britain, winston churchill · 100 marks
  • Q34 division and realignment, cold war, berlin blockade · 100 marks
  • Q35 division and realignment, economic growth, 1973 oil crisis · 100 marks
  • Q36 division and realignment, gorbachev, ussr · 100 marks
  • Q37 division and realignment, science and technology, nuclear power · 100 marks
  • Q38 retreat from empire, decolonisation, india · 100 marks
  • Q39 retreat from empire, middle east, nasser · 100 marks
  • Q40 retreat from empire, decolonisation, africa · 100 marks
  • Q41 retreat from empire, race relations, britain · 100 marks
  • Q42 united states and the world, mccarthyism, anti-war movement · 100 marks
  • Q43 united states and the world, korean war, cuban missile crisis · 100 marks
  • Q44 united states and the world, civil rights movement, racial inequality · 100 marks
  • Q45 united states and the world, space race, moon landing · 100 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2023 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 politics and society in northern ireland, sunningdale agreement, documents-based question · 100 marks
  • Q2 ireland and the union, the famine, catholic emancipation · 100 marks
  • Q3 movements for political and social reform, home rule, carson · 100 marks
  • Q4 pursuit of sovereignty, partition, eucharistic congress · 100 marks
  • Q5 irish diaspora, emigration, anti-irish sentiment · 100 marks
  • Q6 government economy and society in the republic, sean lemass, irish language · 100 marks
  • Q7 nationalism and state formation in europe, haussmann, 1848 revolution · 100 marks
  • Q8 nation states and international tensions, world war i, bismarck · 100 marks
  • Q9 dictatorship and democracy in europe, hitler, nuremberg rallies · 100 marks
  • Q10 division and realignment in europe, 1973 oil crisis, hungarian uprising · 100 marks
  • Q11 european retreat from empire, congo, decolonisation · 100 marks
  • Q12 the united states and the world, cuban missile crisis, cold war · 100 marks
  • Q13 politics and society in northern ireland, the troubles, apprentice boys · 30 marks
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