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Junior Cycle History: Local and family history

How often Local and family history comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Local and family history, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Local and family history.

(a)The oldest complete Irish census returns, which can be searched free online, are from…
  1. 1841 and 1851
  2. 1901 and 1911
  3. 1861 and 1871
(b)Which information can a historian find on a 1911 census return?
  1. How each person voted in 1910
  2. Daily meals and favourite foods
  3. Names, ages, jobs and religion
(c)A man is listed as 40 years old in the 1901 census. In about which year was he born?
  1. About 1861
  2. About 1871
  3. About 1841
Show the answers

(a) 1901 and 1911

(b) Names, ages, jobs and religion

(c) About 1861

Your turn: Common Level questions on Local and family history.

Common Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q1
2024Q6
2023Not asked
2022Not asked

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

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