Leaving Cert History: Historical Skills & Documents questions

Cross-cutting exam skills: the documents-based question, source analysis and evaluation, and essay writing.

20 past History questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2026, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

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2026 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

movements for political and social reform, 1870-1914, gaa, michael cusack

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2025 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

dictatorship and democracy in europe 1920-1945, the jarrow march

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2024 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

dictatorship and democracy, stalin's show trials

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2023 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

northern ireland, sunningdale agreement

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2022 · 4 questions

Q120 marks

northern ireland, coleraine university controversy

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Q220 marks

northern ireland, coleraine university controversy

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Q320 marks

northern ireland

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Q440 marks

northern ireland, coleraine university controversy

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2021 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

montgomery bus boycott, civil rights

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2020 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

lyndon johnson, vietnam war

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2019 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

economic expansion, republic of ireland

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2018 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

rte, republic of ireland

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2017 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

dictatorship and democracy, jarrow march

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2016 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

nazi propaganda, nuremberg rallies, dictatorship

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2015 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

eucharistic congress, pursuit of sovereignty

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2026 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

movements for political and social reform 1870-1914, gaelic athletic association

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2025 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

dictatorship and democracy in europe 1920-1945, the jarrow march

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2023 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

politics and society in northern ireland, sunningdale agreement

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2022 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

politics and society in northern ireland 1949-1993, coleraine university controversy

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2021 · 1 question

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civil rights, montgomery bus boycott, united states

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Other History topics

Ireland and the Union, 1815-1870Movements for Political and Social Reform, 1870-1914The Pursuit of Sovereignty and the Impact of Partition, 1912-1949The Irish Diaspora, 1840-1966Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1989Nationalism and State Formation in Europe, 1815-1871Nation States and International Tensions, 1871-1920Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920-1945Division and Realignment in Europe, 1945-1992European Retreat from Empire and the Aftermath (Decolonisation), 1945-1990The United States and the World, 1945-1989

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