Leaving Cert History: Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1989 questions

The Republic from the 1950s: economic policy and the Lemass-Whitaker era, social change, EEC membership, and Church and state.

54 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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ireland

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ireland

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ireland

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ireland

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2024 · 9 questions

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ireland and the union

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nation states and international tensions

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united states and the world

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movements for political and social reform

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politics and society in northern ireland

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2023 · 7 questions

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anglo-irish relations

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nationalism and state formation

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nationalism and state formation, cultural nationalism

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division and realignment

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2022 · 1 question

Q9100 marks

ireland

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2021 · 1 question

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2020 · 1 question

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2019 · 1 question

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document analysis

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2018 · 1 question

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document analysis

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2017 · 1 question

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2016 · 2 questions

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international tensions, world war i

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2015 · 1 question

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2025 · 1 question

Q7100 marks

ireland

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2024 · 3 questions

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ireland and the union, famine

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dictatorship and democracy, jarrow march

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2023 · 2 questions

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irish language

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division and realignment in europe, hungarian uprising

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2022 · 2 questions

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division and realignment in europe 1945-1992, berlin airlift, gorbachev

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2021 · 2 questions

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nation states and international tensions, world war i

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2020 · 3 questions

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pursuit of sovereignty, partition, 1916 rising

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nation states and international tensions, world war i

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2019 · 1 question

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2018 · 2 questions

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pursuit of sovereignty, partition

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2017 · 1 question

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2016 · 6 questions

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dictatorship and democracy, jarrow march, 1930s britain

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irish diaspora, emigration, britain

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nationalism and state formation, literacy, 1848 revolutions

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nation states and international tensions, world war i, germany

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division and realignment in europe, cold war

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2015 · 2 questions

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pursuit of sovereignty, eucharistic congress

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