Extracts from the Leaving Certificate higher-level history paper- students had to answer from a wide choice in three sections.

- What did people such as Sylvia Meehan and/or Mary Robinson contribute to the changing role of woman in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1989?

- How effective was Jack Lynch as Taoiseach in his management of Ireland's internal and external affairs?

-What was the impact of the communications revolution (including television) on Ireland?

- To what extent has British colonialism left a valuable legacy in terms of post-colonial literature and the status of English as a world language?

-What contribution did Joseph Goebbels and/or Leni Riefenstahl make to Nazi propaganda? (100)

-Why was the choice of Coleraine as the site for Northern Ireland's second university controversial?

- What was the significance of the Eucharistic Congress, 1932, for the Irish Free State?

-Why was President Lyndon Johnson unable to win the war in Vietnam?

-What steps did Irish governments take to consolidate democracy, 1923-1945?

-What impact did Irish missionaries have in Africa and/or Asia?

-What moves were made towards finding a peaceful resolution of the "Troubles", 1973-1993?

-During the period, 1945-1992, what were the key developments in one or more of the following: youth and popular culture; sport; the mass media?