Leaving Cert History: Division and Realignment in Europe, 1945-1992 questions

Postwar Europe: the Cold War division, Soviet control in the East, and the movement towards European integration.

43 past History questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

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2025 · 4 questions

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europe and the wider world

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europe and the wider world

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europe and the wider world

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europe and the wider world

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2024 · 4 questions

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Q3100 marks

margaret thatcher

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solzhenitsyn and de beauvoir

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2023 · 5 questions

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dictatorship and democracy, britain

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economic growth, 1973 oil crisis

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ussr

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science and technology, nuclear power

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2022 · 2 questions

Q13100 marks

europe

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Q15100 marks

united states, race relations

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2021 · 1 question

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2020 · 1 question

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2019 · 2 questions

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united states, civil rights

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2018 · 2 questions

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united states, vietnam

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2017 · 1 question

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2016 · 2 questions

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soviet russia

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united states, mccarthyism, moon landing

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2015 · 2 questions

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united states, civil rights

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2025 · 1 question

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europe and the wider world

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2024 · 2 questions

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soviet union

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united states and the world, vietnam war

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2023 · 2 questions

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1973 oil crisis

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the united states and the world, cuban missile crisis

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2022 · 1 question

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second vatican council

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2021 · 1 question

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2020 · 2 questions

Q1100 marks

united states and the world, vietnam war, lyndon johnson

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soviet union

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2019 · 1 question

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2018 · 2 questions

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Q12100 marks

united states and the world, cuban missile crisis

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2017 · 2 questions

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margaret thatcher

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Q12100 marks

united states and the world, korean war

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2016 · 2 questions

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second vatican council, catholic church

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Q12100 marks

united states and the world, space race, civil rights

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2015 · 1 question

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