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Leaving Cert Irish: Prós

How often Prós 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

Prós, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Prós.

(a)Who wrote An Triail?
  1. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
  2. Máiréad Ní Ghráda
  3. Caitlín Maude
(b)Who wrote the short story Dís?
  1. Máiréad Ní Ghráda
  2. Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
  3. Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin
(c)Who wrote Seal i Neipeal?
  1. Cathal Ó Searcaigh
  2. Máirtín Ó Cadhain
  3. Dáithí Ó Muirí
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(a) Máiréad Ní Ghráda

(b) Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin

(c) Cathal Ó Searcaigh

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Prós.

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 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2025Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2024Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2023Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2022Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2021Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2019Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2018Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2017Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise
2016Ceist 2 Prós, Ceist 4 Litríocht Bhreise

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

More Prós questions

Prós, 2 marks

In Oisín i dTír na nÓg, Niamh arrives on a…

  1. black ship
  2. golden chariot
  3. white horse
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white horse

Niamh arrives on a white horse and takes Oisín to Tír na nÓg; he is warned never to set foot on the ground when he returns to Ireland.

Prós, 2 marks

An Triail is a…

  1. poem
  2. play
  3. novel
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play

An Triail by Máiréad Ní Ghráda is a play (dráma), first staged in 1964 and set out as a trial.

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 2 Prós
2025Ceist 2 Prós
2024Ceist 2 Prós
2023Ceist 2 Prós
2022Ceist 2 Prós
2021Ceist 2 Prós
2019Ceist 2 Prós
2018Ceist 2 Prós
2017Ceist 2 Prós
2016Ceist 2 Prós

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

More Prós questions

Prós, 3 marks

The story An Gnáthrud is set in which city?

  1. Dublin
  2. Galway
  3. Belfast
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Belfast

An Gnáthrud by Deirdre Ní Ghrianna is set in Belfast during the Troubles: an ordinary night out ends in tragedy.

Prós, 3 marks

The film Cáca Milis takes place mostly…

  1. in a hospital
  2. on a train
  3. in a school
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on a train

Catherine meets Paul, a blind man, on a train; her irritation with him builds until it ends in tragedy.

Prós, 3 marks

Who wrote the play An Triail?

  1. Máiréad Ní Ghráda
  2. Caitlín Maude
  3. Deirdre Ní Ghrianna
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Máiréad Ní Ghráda

An Triail (1964) by Máiréad Ní Ghráda: Máire, a young unmarried mother, is judged by everyone around her.

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