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Junior Cycle History: Chronology and timelines

How often Chronology and timelines comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Chronology and timelines, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Chronology and timelines.

(a)The 8th century AD is the same as…
  1. The 800s
  2. The 700s
  3. The 600s
(b)The Act of Union was passed in 1800 and Catholic Emancipation came in 1829. How many years apart are they?
  1. 19 years
  2. 31 years
  3. 29 years
(c)Which list is in the correct chronological order?
  1. Rising, First Dáil, Treaty, Civil War
  2. Rising, Treaty, First Dáil, Civil War
  3. First Dáil, Rising, Civil War, Treaty
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(a) The 700s

(b) 29 years

(c) Rising, First Dáil, Treaty, Civil War

Your turn: Common Level questions on Chronology and timelines.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q6
2025Q6
2024Q1, Q6
2023Q5, Q8
2022Q3

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Chronology and timelines questions

Chronology and timelines, 3 marks

Columbus reached America in 1492 and Luther wrote his 95 Theses in 1517. Which is true?

  1. Both are in the 15th century
  2. Both are in the 16th century
  3. They are in different centuries
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They are in different centuries

1492 is in the 1400s, the 15th century. 1517 is in the 1500s, the 16th century. Only 25 years apart, yet in different centuries.

Chronology and timelines, 3 marks

Michael Collins was born in October 1890 and killed in August 1922. How old was he when he died?

  1. 30 years old
  2. 31 years old
  3. 32 years old
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31 years old

1922 minus 1890 is 32, but his October birthday had not yet come in August 1922, so he was still 31 when he was killed at Béal na Bláth.

Chronology and timelines, 2 marks

Which of these happened first?

  1. The Plantation of Ulster
  2. The United Irishmen's rebellion
  3. The Great Famine
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The Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster began in 1609, the United Irishmen rose in 1798, and the Great Famine began in 1845.

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