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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Living a morally good life
How often Living a morally good life 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
Living a morally good life, Common Level(8 marks)
Quick ones on Living a morally good life.
(a)The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches Christians that living a good life means…
- Only helping members of your own family
- Helping anyone in need, even a stranger
- Keeping away from people of other faiths
(b)In Buddhism, the Middle Way means living…
- In the middle of a busy city
- Halfway between two religions
- Between luxury and extreme hardship
(c)In Judaism, a mitzvah is…
- A commandment or good deed
- A special festival meal
- A prayer shawl with fringes
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(a) Helping anyone in need, even a stranger
(b) Between luxury and extreme hardship
(c) A commandment or good deed
Common Level
Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q12 |
| 2025 | Q12 |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Not asked |
| 2022 | Q6, Q12 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
Other Religious Education topics
- Big questions & meaning of life
- Communities of faith & daily life
- Non-religious rituals
- Organisations for peace & justice
- Prayer & meditation
- Religious moral codes
- Sacred places & pilgrimage
- Sacred texts
- Care for the earth
- Christianity in Irish heritage
- Compassion & justice
- Founders & founding stories
- Key beliefs of world religions
- Moral issues & decision-making
- Non-religious world views
- Religious rituals & ceremonies
- Religious themes in culture
- Stages of faith
- Conscience & moral influences
- People of commitment
- Places of worship
- Religious festivals
- Symbols & sacred objects
- Values in everyday life
- Creation stories
- Forgiveness & reconciliation
- Interfaith dialogue
- Understanding of the Divine