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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Founders & founding stories

How often Founders & founding stories comes up on the Religious Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Founders & founding stories, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Founders & founding stories.

(a)Before he became the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama was…
  1. A shepherd who led his people out of Egypt
  2. A prince who left his palace to seek the truth
  3. A merchant who received messages from an angel
(b)Abraham, who is believed to have left Ur for Canaan when called by God, is seen as the father of which religion?
  1. Buddhism
  2. Hinduism
  3. Judaism
(c)Why is Moses important in Judaism?
  1. He led the Israelites out of Egypt
  2. He was the first king of Israel
  3. He built the first Temple in Jerusalem
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(a) A prince who left his palace to seek the truth

(b) Judaism

(c) He led the Israelites out of Egypt

Your turn: Common Level questions on Founders & founding stories.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q2
2025Q5
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q3, Q4, Q5

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

More Founders & founding stories questions

Founders & founding stories, 2 marks

Jerusalem is central to Christianity's founding story mainly because…

  1. Jesus was born there in a stable
  2. Jesus grew up there with Mary and Joseph
  3. Jesus was crucified and buried there
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Jesus was crucified and buried there

The Gospels say Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth. Christians believe he died, was buried and rose again in Jerusalem, where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands.

Founders & founding stories, 3 marks

Before the year 313, Christians in the Roman Empire often faced…

  1. A ban on speaking Greek
  2. Persecution for their faith
  3. Attacks by Viking raiders
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Persecution for their faith

Many early Christians were persecuted for refusing to worship Roman gods. In 313 the Emperor Constantine allowed Christians to worship freely, and the faith spread rapidly.

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