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Junior Cycle History: War of Independence & Civil War

How often War of Independence & Civil War comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 1 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2022.

War of Independence & Civil War, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on War of Independence & Civil War.

(a)Which party won most Irish seats in the 1918 general election?
  1. The Irish Parliamentary Party
  2. Sinn Féin
  3. The Unionists
(b)The First Dáil met in the Mansion House, Dublin, on…
  1. 6 December 1921
  2. 24 April 1916
  3. 21 January 1919
(c)Which force did Britain send in 1920 to reinforce the RIC?
  1. The Black and Tans
  2. The National Army
  3. The Irish Volunteers
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(a) Sinn Féin

(b) 21 January 1919

(c) The Black and Tans

Your turn: Common Level questions on War of Independence & Civil War.

Common Level

Asked on 1 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2022.

Every paper, year by year

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

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

More War of Independence & Civil War questions

War of Independence & Civil War, 3 marks

What split Sinn Féin over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921?

  1. Giving the vote to all women over thirty
  2. The price of farmland in Munster
  3. The oath of allegiance to the king
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The oath of allegiance to the king

The Treaty gave a Free State, not a republic, and TDs had to swear an oath to the king. Collins backed it; de Valera opposed it. The Dáil approved it 64 to 57.

War of Independence & Civil War, 2 marks

The Civil War began in June 1922 when Free State forces attacked anti-Treaty IRA men in…

  1. Kilmainham Gaol
  2. The Four Courts
  3. The GPO
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The Four Courts

Free State troops shelled the Four Courts with guns borrowed from the British on 28 June 1922. The war ended in May 1923; Collins was killed at Béal na Bláth.

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