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Welcome to the Curriculum section for Senior Cycle Leaving Certificate History. For ease of access, this section of the PDST website contains the following sub-pages, which are linked to resources for use with the syllabus:

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Leaving Certificate Curriculum: Document Case Studies & relevent HI articles

EARLY MODERN IRELAND

Topic 1: Reform and Reformation in Tudor Ireland, 1494-1558:

The Plantation of Laois/Offaly:

James Lyttleton, ‘ Seventeenth-century West Offaly : Accommodating the new realities (Vol. 12.1, Spring 2004)

Michael Quinn, ‘ Francis Cosby (1510-80), Stradbally, Queen’s County and the Tudor Conquest of Ireland ’ (Vol. 14.5, Sept-Oct 2006)

Women and marriage under Gaelic law

Art Cosgrove, ‘ Marriage in medieval Ireland ’ (Vol. 2.3, Autumn 1994)

The Bardic Schools:

Marc Caball, ‘Bardic poetry & the analysis of Gaelic mentalities’ (Vol. 2.2, Summer 1994) Can’t find this

Bernadette Cunningham, ‘ Irish language sources for Early Modern Ireland ’ (Vol. 4.1, Spring 1996).

Patrick Clark, ‘The O’Clery’s: hereditary historians and poets’ (Vol.18.3, May//June 2010) Can’t find this

Topic 2: Rebellion and conquest in Elizabethan Ireland, 1558-1603:

The Lordship of Tír Eoghain:

Hiram Morgan, ‘Gaelic Lordship and Tudor Conquest: Tír Eoghain, 1541-1603’ (Vol. 13.5, Sept/Oct 2005) Can’t find this

Elizabethan Dublin:

Colm Lennon, ‘ Dublin’s Great Explosion of 1597 ’ (Vol. 3.3, Autumn 1995)

Topic 3: Kingdom v. colony: the struggle for mastery in Ireland, 1603-1660:

The Scots migration to Ulster:

Special issue on ‘ The Ulster plantation ’ (Vol. 17.6, Nov/Dec 2009)

Micheál MacCraith, ‘ Printing in the vernacular: the Louvain Project ’ (Vol. 15.4, July/Aug 2007)

Topic 4: Establishing a colonial ascendancy, 1660-1715:

Restoration Dublin:

John Gibney, ‘Restoration Dublin in the Ireland of its time, c.1660-1700’ (Vol. 14.3, May/June 2006) Can’t find this

Angus Winchester, ‘ Dublin in the 1680s ’ (Vol. 15.1, Jan/Feb 2007)

Topic 5: Colony vs. kingdom: tensions in mid-18th century Ireland, 1715-1770:

The Ponsonbys:

Jame Kelly, ‘Henry Flood: the forgotten patriot’ (Vol. 7.1, Spring 1999) Can’t find this

The Whiteboys:

James Patterson, ‘’Educated Whiteboyism’: the Cork tithe war, 1798-9’ (Vol. 12.4, Winter 2004)

Topic 6: The end of the Irish kingdom and the establishment of the Union, 1770-1815:

The Wexford Rebellion:

Daniel Gahan, ‘The military strategy of the Wexford United Irishmen in 1798’ (Vol. 1.4, Winter 1993)

Daniel Gahan, ‘The Scullabogue massacre 1798’ (Vol. 4.3, Autumn 1996)

The rise of Belfast:

Jonathan Bardon, ‘Belfast at its zenith’ (Vol. 1.4, Winter 1993)

Bill Rolston, ‘’A lying old scoundrel’: Waddell Cunningham & Belfast’s role in the slave trade’ (Vol. 11.1, Spring 2003)

Maynooth College:

Daire Keogh, ‘Maynooth: A Catholic seminary in a Protestant state’ (Vol. 3.3, Autumn 1995)

LATER MODERN IRELAND

Topic 1: Ireland and the Union, 1815-1870:

Private responses to famine, 1845-1849:

Christine Kinealy, ‘’The widow’s mite: private relief during the Great Famine’, (Vol. 16.2

Rob Goodbody, ‘Quakers & the Famine’ (Vol. 6.1, Spring 1998)

Peter Grey, ‘The triumph of dogma: ideology and famine relief (Vol. 3.2, Summer 1995)

The campaign for Catholic Emancipation, 1823-1829:

Thomas Bartlett, ‘The Catholic question in the eighteenth century’ (Vol. 1.1, Spring 1993)

Topic 2: Movements for political and social reform, 1870-1914:

The elections of 1886 and 1886: issues and outcomes:

Brian Walker, ‘The 1885 and 1886 general elections in Ireland’ (Vol. 13.6, Nov/Dec 2005)

Dublin 1913: strike and lockout:

Padraig Yeates, ‘The Dublin 1913 Lockout’ (Vol. 9.2, Summer 2001)

Christiaan Corlett, ‘The Church Street disaster, September 1913’ (Vol. 17.2, Mar/Apr 2009)

The GAA to 1891:

Noel Kissane, ‘Drink, Sunday School and the GAA: The use of documents in the teaching of history’ (Vol. 12.3, Autumn 2004)

Tom Hunt, ‘Classless cricket? Westmeath 1880-1905’ (Vol. 12.2, Summer 2004)

Richard McElligott, ‘’Degenearating from sterling Irishmen into contemptible West Britons’: The GAA and rugby in Kerry, 1885-1905’ (Vol. 19.4, July/Aug 2011)

Topic 3; The pursuit of sovereignty and the impact of partition, 1912-1949:

The Treaty negotiations, October-December 1921:

Michael Laffan, ‘The emergence of the ‘Two Irelands’, 1912-25’ (Vol. 12.4, Winter 2004)

Belfast during World War II:

Brian Barton, ‘The Belfast Blitz, April-May 1941’ (Vol. 5.3, Autumn 1997)

The Eucharistic Congress, 1932 :

Dermot Keogh, ‘The Catholic Church and the Irish Free State, 1922-32’ (Vol. 2.1, Spring 1994)

Rory O’Dwyer, ‘On show to the world: the Eucharistic Congress, 1932’ (Vol. 15.6, Nov/Dec 2007)

Topic 4: The Irish diaspora, 1840-1966:

Grosse Isle:

Michael Quigley, ‘Grosse Ile: Canada’s island famine memorial’ (Vol. 5.2, Summer 1997)

De Valera in America, June 1919-December 1920:

David B. Franklin, ‘Bigotry in ‘Bama: De Valera’s visit to Birmingham Alabama, April 1920’ (Vol 12.4, Winter 2004)

Michael Doorly, ‘The Friends of Irish Freedom: a case-study in Irish-American nationalism, 1916-21’ (Vol. 16.2, Mar/Apr 2008)

The Holy Host mission to Nigeria, 1945-1966:

Kevin O’Sullivan, ‘’The wind of change’: decolonisation in British West Africa’ (Vol. 14.4, Jul/Aug 2006)

Mary Dempsey, ‘The birth of a mission’ (Vol. 14.4, Jul/Aug 2006)

Topic 5: Politics and society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993:

The Sunningdale agreement and the power-sharing executive, 1973-1974:

Gordon Gillespie, ‘Sunningdale and the 1974 Ulster Worker’s Council strike’ (Vol. 15.3, May/Jun 2007)

Topic 6: Government, economy and society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1989:

The impact of RTÉ 1962-1972:

Robert Savage, ‘’A stranger among us: Edward Roth and the development of Telefís Éireann’ (Vol. 18.2, Mar/Apr 2010)

EARLY MODERN EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD

Topic 2: Religion and power: politics in the later 16th century, 1567-1609:

The Spanish Armada:

Hiram Morgan, ‘Teaching the Armada: an introduction to the Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604’ (Vol. 14.5, Sept/Oct 2006)

Topic 3: The eclipse of Old Europe, 1609-1660:

Galileo and the Inquisition

Ernan McMullin, ‘ Galileo and Peter Lombard ’ (Vol. 15.4, Jul/Aug 2007)

Topic 5: Establishing empires, 1715-1775:

The West Indies slave plantations:

Micheál Ó Siochrú, ‘Shipped for the Barbadoes: Cromwell and Irish migration to the Caribbean’ (Vol. 16.4, Jul/Aug 2008) Can’t find

Nini Rodgers, ‘ The Irish and the Atlantic slave trade ’ (Vol. 15.3, May/Jun 2007)

LATER MODERN EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD

Topic 3: Dictatorship and democracy in Europe, 1920-1945:

Stalin’s show trials:

Geoffrey Roberts, ‘ Stalin’s victory? The Soviet Union and World II ’ (Vol. 16.1, Jan/Feb 2008)

The Nuremberg Rallies:

John Horne.’The origins and nature of Fascism and Nazisim in Europe (Vol. 13.1, Jan/Feb 2005) Can’t find

Topic 4: Division and realignment in Europe, 1945-1992:

The Hungarian Uprising, 1956:

Terry Cox, ‘Hungary 1956’ (Vol. 14.3, May/Jun 2006) Can’t find

Topic 5: European retreat from empire and the aftermath, 1945-1990:

British withdrawal from India, 1945-1947:

Deirdre McMahon, ‘ The 1947 partition of India: Irish parallels ’ (Vol. 18.4, Jul/Aug 2010)

Topic 6: The United States and the World, 1945-1989:

The Montgomery bus boycott, 1956:

Quincy Lehr, ‘’ We are determined to struggle for justice and equality’: the Civil Rights era in African American history ’ (Vol. 15.1, Jan/Feb 2007)

Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, 1963-1968:

Sandra Scanlon, ‘’ That bitch of a war’: Lyndon B. Johnson and Vietnam ’ (Vol.16.3, May/June 2008)

Personal Histories

On this day.

Above: ‘No “Reds” here’—a 1932 anti-Fianna Fáil Cumann na nGaedheal election poster.

History Predictions 2023 (Later Modern) for Leaving Cert Higher Level

Updated September 2022

The Later Modern History course for the Leaving Cert is very broad, with a maximum of 12 possible topics to cover, each with multiple sub topics. Often, this intimidates students and makes it difficult to know where to start when it comes to revision. It is possible however, by examining past papers, and the key points in the textbooks, to narrow down your topics of study. It is important to note that while these predictions are based on the past papers, nothing is set in stone and any attempts to shorten the course carry some risk.

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Contents of the lc history paper.

LC History Document

The first question you will encounter is the Document question. It is possible that any one of the three subjects could come up. These are:

As Politics and Society in Northern Ireland was also on the 2022 exam in Section 1 where ‘ The Coleraine University controversy’ appeared, it is unlikely that this question will be on the paper in two consecutive years. As a result, students should spend the majority of their time studying ‘ The Sunningdale Agreement and the power-sharing executive, 1973-74 ,’ and ‘ The Apprentice Boys of Derry and marching tradition .’ However, students should still have spent time on all three case studies in case they repeat last year’s document as nothing is guaranteed.

This section is worth 100 marks being one third of the total. If you learn the three case studies inside out, along with a bit of contextual/ background information, high marks can be easily picked up here .

Know your perspectives

An easy way to narrow down the history course is to only focus on two out of the three perspectives for each topic. Every topic is broken up into three perspectives:

As per the official course syllabus, these perspectives are as follows:

(Topics in bold are those that are most common on exam papers)

As there are four questions for each topic, it is highly likely that at least one question from each perspective will come up. As you only have to answer one question under any one topic heading, it is possible to only pick two of these perspectives in each topic to study.

Know your case studies

Another way to narrow down the course is to only study the case studies, as highlighted in the standard course textbooks. The case studies are highlighted in order to make obvious the most important parts of the topic, and are therefore very likely to come up. The regularity at which these case studies appear on the papers can also be indicative of larger areas that may come up. For example, the frequency of questions relating to the elections of 1885 and 1886 would suggest that Home Rule is a generally popular topic among the SEC.

The case studies are as follows:

** It is very important, as with the Document topic case studies, to have some contextual or background information. These case studies rarely come up independent of related topics. **

Question style

It is important in looking at the past papers that you take notice of the question style usually employed for different topics. For example, when referring to Lyndon B. Johnson and Vietnam, the question commonly asks about his strengths and weaknesses as a president. The same can be said of many of the key figures, as well as whole regimes – another common phrasing of these questions is “How well did X deal with the obstacles/ difficulties that they faced?”. Other topics, such as the GAA and the cultural revival in Ireland, tend to come up in questions that ask you to talk about the impact of certain movements. When writing practice essays, keep these types of questions in mind, and when learning information, make notes of how you can use it to answer these strengths/weaknesses/impacts questions.

Key figures and theme words

When revising, it is very important to look at the key figures and theme words as laid out in most standard textbooks. These are the words and people that will usually come up in the questions, and without a thorough understanding of their significance, questions will be difficult to answer properly. Similarly, the more of these words and names that you can use in your essays, the more likely it is that you will get a high mark. For example, in the case of the United States and the World topic, Lyndon Johnson is a key personality. He regularly comes up in questions regarding the Vietnam War, and without him, it is difficult to write an answer on this topic. Similarly, propaganda is one of the key concepts for Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, and is an important feature of both Mussolini and Hitler’s domestic policies.

Quotes and dates

As you study each topic, keep a list of short but useful quotes from some of the main figures and/or historians. Even if you have two or three general-use quotes for an essay or topic, they will come in handy. As for dates, try your best to learn the major years, and specific dates if possible. If you struggle with this however, don’t stress too much about it as they’re not the most important aspect of the exam. Just focus on having enough information to answer the question.

And finally, there is no point in learning off full essays as there is no guarantee that you will be able to use them. Writing practice essays is great for revision and building up speed, but learning essays word-for-word takes up valuable time and brain space. You are much better off deciding on some key areas to revise, and learning them well enough that you can handle any kind of question relating to it.

Current affairs: commemoration and anniversaries

It is worth noting that when setting the paper, examiners can sometimes be influenced by current affairs, especially if the exam takes place in a year of commemoration. In 2016, for example, a question about the 1916 Rising came up, even though it does not usually appear alone in questions. Some events with anniversaries in 2023 include:

While anniversaries do not guarantee that a topic will come up, it may be beneficial to take particular note of some events that have big anniversaries, such as 50 th , 100 th or 200 th , in 2023.

**As the hundred year anniversary of the death of Micheal Collins occured after the 2022 exam and did not appear on the paper, there is a possibility he appears on the 2023 exam**

History Predictions 2020 (Later Modern) for Leaving Cert

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