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Junior Cycle History: Museums, archives and heritage

How often Museums, archives and heritage comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Museums, archives and heritage, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Museums, archives and heritage.

(a)What is an archive?
  1. A shop that sells copies of old maps and books
  2. A place that keeps original records safely
  3. A library that lends history books to the public
(b)In June 1922, during the Civil War, centuries of Irish records were destroyed when this building was blown up:
  1. The General Post Office, O'Connell Street
  2. Kilmainham Gaol, Inchicore
  3. The Public Record Office, Four Courts
(c)A student asks to study a 1920s letter held in an archive. What will the archive most likely do?
  1. Let her read it in the reading room
  2. Lend it to her for two weeks
  3. Post the original letter to her house
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(a) A place that keeps original records safely

(b) The Public Record Office, Four Courts

(c) Let her read it in the reading room

Your turn: Common Level questions on Museums, archives and heritage.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1
2025Q1
2024Q6
2023Not asked
2022Q6, Q8

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

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