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Junior Cycle Irish: Gearrscéal (short story)

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

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

Gearrscéal (short story), Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Gearrscéal (short story).

(a)'Mar a fuair Cú Chulainn a ainm': cén t-ainm a bhí air ar dtús?
  1. Fionn
  2. Setanta
  3. Oisín
(b)'M'Asal Beag Dubh': conas a bhí an t-asal tar éis an aonaigh?
  1. Bhí sé tapa agus rith sé abhaile
  2. Bhí sé ciallmhar, díreach mar a dúradh
  3. Bhí sé stuacach agus ní shiúlfadh sé
(c)'An Cluiche Mór': cé a fuair bás go gairid roimh an gcluiche?
  1. athair an scéalaí
  2. deartháir an réiteora
  3. bainisteoir na foirne
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(a) Setanta

(b) Bhí sé stuacach agus ní shiúlfadh sé

(c) athair an scéalaí

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

Higher Level

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

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q10
2025Not asked
2024Q8
2023Q8
2022Q10

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

More Gearrscéal (short story) questions

Gearrscéal (short story), 2 marks

'An Cluiche Mór': cén cluiche atá ar siúl sa scéal?

  1. cluiche sacair idirnáisiúnta
  2. cluiche rugbaí idir dhá scoil
  3. cluiche ceannais iomána na hÉireann
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cluiche ceannais iomána na hÉireann

The narrator, aged 19, plays in the All-Ireland hurling final in Páirc an Chrócaigh only a week after his father's death. Story by Ógie Ó Céilleachair.

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