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Junior Cycle Irish T1: Gearrscéal (short story)

How often Gearrscéal (short story) comes up on the Irish T1 papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Gearrscéal (short story), Higher Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Gearrscéal (short story).

(a)'Na Bóithre' (Pádraig Mac Piarais): conas a cheileann Nóra cé hí féin agus í ag éalú?
  1. Le masc agus le clóca mór dubh uirthi
  2. Mar bhuachaill, lena gruaig gearrtha
  3. Lena haghaidh péinteáilte dubh
(b)'Bodach an Chóta Lachtna': cén dúshlán a ghlacann an Bodach air féin ar son na Féinne?
  1. Fathach a throid i gcomórtas mór dornála
  2. Dragan a mharú ar Shliabh Luachra
  3. Rás a rith in aghaidh curaidh iasachta
(c)'M'Asal Beag Dubh' (Pádraic Ó Conaire): cá háit ar cheannaigh an scéalaí an t-asal?
  1. Ar an aonach i gCinn Mhara
  2. Ó fheirmeoir i gConamara
  3. Ar an margadh mór i nGaillimh
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(a) Mar bhuachaill, lena gruaig gearrtha

(b) Rás a rith in aghaidh curaidh iasachta

(c) Ar an aonach i gCinn Mhara

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Gearrscéal (short story).

Higher Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q10
2024Q10
2023Not asked
2022Q5

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

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