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Leaving Cert Irish: Filíocht

How often Filíocht comes up on the Irish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

OL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Filíocht, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Filíocht.

(a)Who wrote the poem Colscaradh?
  1. Máirtín Ó Direáin
  2. Pádraig Mac Suibhne
  3. Cathal Ó Searcaigh
(b)Who wrote the poem An tEarrach Thiar?
  1. Pádraig Mac Suibhne
  2. Seán Ó Ríordáin
  3. Máirtín Ó Direáin
(c)Who wrote the poem Mo Ghrá-sa (idir lúibíní)?
  1. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
  2. Máire Mhac an tSaoi
  3. Caitlín Maude
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(a) Pádraig Mac Suibhne

(b) Máirtín Ó Direáin

(c) Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Filíocht.

Higher Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2025Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2024Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2023Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2022Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2021Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2019Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2018Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2017Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2016Ceist 3 Filíocht, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise

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

Ordinary Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Ceist 3 Filíocht
2025Ceist 3 Filíocht
2024Ceist 3 Filíocht
2023Ceist 3 Filíocht
2022Ceist 3 Filíocht
2021Ceist 3 Filíocht
2019Ceist 3 Filíocht
2018Ceist 3 Filíocht
2017Ceist 3 Filíocht
2016Ceist 3 Filíocht

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

More Filíocht questions

Filíocht, 3 marks

Who wrote the poem Géibheann?

  1. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
  2. Máire Mhac an tSaoi
  3. Caitlín Maude
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Caitlín Maude

Géibheann (captivity) by Caitlín Maude: a lion that was once wild and free is now caged for children to look at.

Filíocht, 3 marks

The poem An tEarrach Thiar describes life in…

  1. a big city
  2. the west of Ireland
  3. the east of Ireland
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the west of Ireland

An tEarrach Thiar by Máirtín Ó Direáin gives four calm pictures of spring work on the Aran Islands, where he grew up.

Filíocht, 3 marks

The poem Colscaradh is about…

  1. a marriage breaking up
  2. a family funeral
  3. emigration to London
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a marriage breaking up

Colscaradh (divorce) by Pádraig Mac Suibhne: he wanted to live in the town and she in the country, so they parted.

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