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Junior Cycle History: Women in 20th-century Ireland

How often Women in 20th-century Ireland 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 2025.

Women in 20th-century Ireland, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Women in 20th-century Ireland.

(a)In 1918 Constance Markievicz became the first woman elected to Westminster. What did she do instead of taking her seat?
  1. Joined the House of Lords in London
  2. Sat in the First Dáil in Dublin
  3. Went to nurse soldiers in France
(b)What was the marriage bar in 20th-century Ireland?
  1. Married women were not allowed to vote at all
  2. Women could not marry until they turned 25
  3. Women had to leave some jobs when they married
(c)The Irish Free State Constitution of 1922 gave the vote to…
  1. All men and women over 21
  2. Only married women over 25
  3. Only women over 30 with property
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(a) Sat in the First Dáil in Dublin

(b) Women had to leave some jobs when they married

(c) All men and women over 21

Your turn: Common Level questions on Women in 20th-century Ireland.

Common Level

Asked on 1 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

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

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

More Women in 20th-century Ireland questions

Women in 20th-century Ireland, 3 marks

Why did some women criticise the 1937 Constitution?

  1. It took the vote away from all women
  2. It banned women from standing for the Dáil
  3. It stressed women's role in the home
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It stressed women's role in the home

Article 41 spoke of a woman's life within the home. Some women's groups feared it would limit their right to work and take part in public life.

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