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randomfella

Apart from buying past papers is there anywhere i could find out what came up pre 2002? I know the www.examinations.ie site only goes back as far as 2002. OR else could people post up what they are studying for each section? Cheers

sci0x

Heres what to study: Anything in bold I will be surprised if its not on paper!

Section A: Home Rule; Unionism; Land Question

Section B: Cumann na nGaedheal in power, 1923 - 32; Fianna Fáil in power 1932 - 48; Interparty Governments, 1948 - 57

Section C: Germany, France, Russia, 1870-1914; the Eastern Question; the Treaty of Versailles

Section The dictators: Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler

Section E: Mine is on Hermann Goering. Excellent essay.

randomfella

Thanks, some of them were interesting, i think i'm to study :

Section A : Parnell, Sinn Fein, Unionist Opposition to Hr, Constructive Unionism.

Section B : Sinn Fein, Ireland 39-45, interparty gov, something else.

Section C : France, Russia, maybe WW1 causes.

Section D : Hitler's consolidation/rise & The Cold War.

sci0x

Study Stalin too in your Sec D. He's begging to come up!

randomfella

anyone know what are the possible essays i could get on Parnell apart from...

His role in land q.
His role in home rule.
a skilled politician.

i've heard hes supposed to be the hardest essay on the paper.

ALso just to help u out on some other essays. click here or here

rosa

Does anyone think there's a chance of Davitt coming up in secton A? My teacher thinks that William 11 could come up in section C as he hasn't been asked in ages. What do ye reckon?

randomfella

yea i heard that william 2 is fairly likely to come up. Study him if ur able, i find him far too boring.

chillywilly

im thinking of doing:

Sec a: Parnell, Land League, Land q.

Sec b: Northern Ireland, First Interparty Gov.

Sec c: Bismarck, France, Lenin

Sec d: Stalin, Mussolini.

Sec e: Countess Marcevicz

what do you think? Any comments or advise?!

Cannibal Ox

Unionism didn't come up last year which means it's almost a dead cert for Section A (look at the past papers). I'm doing that and the whole of the Home Rule party, from Butt to Redmond for A.

How is everyone studying this? are you just writing essays over and over or reading the stuff?

chillywilly

ye all im doing is wrting it over and over. At this stage theres no point in reading over the stuff, imo!

randomfella

Lenin? i think that is dodgy. I'd say u should be ok though overall. Remember that point Valingory made in another thread about : if everyone does the same essay the marks will be harder to come by.

I'm still cramming theres no point me writing stuff out when i still don't know it. I always worry about having my 6 paragraphs aswel as my intro and conclusion. For example with certain essays on Parnell u must have a balance in ur essay depending on title. E.g Achievements and Failures.

hada

randomfella wrote:

anyone know what are the possible essays i could get on Parnell apart from...

His role in land q.
His role in home rule.
a skilled politician.

i've heard hes supposed to be the hardest essay on the paper.

ALso just to help u out on some other essays. click here or here

Wrote on Parnell last year in the leaving, basically a total summary of his political skill (that's including Home Rule AND The Land Question).. Can't really see Parnell coming up this year, would be more inclined to believe that John Redmond And his involvement with the IPP until 1918 would be far more likely..

randomfella

i'm aware he came up last year, but he is quite popular and has appeared numerous times. Its the last year -not sure if it makes a scrap of a difference- but i'm hoping they go with him because hes quite important in the course.

Only Human

A- Parnell HR, Davitt, Isac Butt.
B- InterParty Govts., War of Indapendance.
C- Bismark, France, Russia in Revolution, The Eastern Question, World War 1 causes.
D- Stalin, Mussolini, De Gaulle, Cold War, Hitler.
E- Special topic, The Atlantic wall - Rommels contribution.

They're the topics I'm definatly doing so far. I'll probably add a few more.

randomfella

ur well covered 4european i don't think u should bother learning anymore.

randomfella

Cold war

Whats important to know and what types of essay can be asked?

BraveheartGal

hey,
ive got the exam papers but they only go up as far as 2003,
so im kinda screwed as regards to what came up last year....
anyone wanna shed some light?
ill focus all positive karma in your direction!

Only Human

Last Year:
A: Gladstone; C.S. Parnell ; Conservatives in Ireland; Cultural Nationalism; Treaty to Civil War,Divisions over Anglo Irish treaty.
B: Partition; Cumann na nGaedheal; Anglo-Irish Relations; Labour Movement; Seán Lemass.
C: Bismark; European Expansion over seas; Anglo-German Relations, between 1890-1914; Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1870 - 1918; Lenin.
Economic History in Europe, 1919-39; Facism in Europe; Hitler, foreign policy; Europe 1945-1966, Discuss a national leader and international statesman either Konrad Adenauer or Krushchev; The United States and Europe.
E: Research topic


A bit of good Karma is just what I need.

BraveheartGal

you, my dear, are a saint!
ive orgainised a mass rally, we're actually all huddled together concentrating all our energies and sendin em over to you!
i owe you!

rosa

Do you think I'd be ok in learning the following

Section A: Davitt, Parnell, Butt
Section B: Neutrality, Inter party, Fianna Fail 1932-39
Section C: France, Bismarck, Causes of WWI
Section Stalin, Hitler consolidation of power, Mussolini, Franco

Only Human

rosa wrote:

Do you think I'd be ok in learning the following

Section A: Davitt, Parnell, Butt
Section B: Neutrality, Inter party, Fianna Fail 1932-39
Section C: France, Bismarck, Causes of WWI
Section Stalin, Hitler consolidation of power, Mussolini, Franco

I'd have maybe the civil war learned aswell and another for section A.

randomfella

rosa wrote:

Do you think I'd be ok in learning the following

Section A: Davitt, Parnell, Butt
Section B: Neutrality, Inter party, Fianna Fail 1932-39
Section C: France, Bismarck, Causes of WWI
Section Stalin, Hitler consolidation of power, Mussolini, Franco

hell yeah!!!!! i;m only learning 2 per sectiion.

Only Human

randomfella wrote:

hell yeah!!!!! i;m only learning 2 per sectiion.

Serriously?

randomfella

yeah,

Section A - parnell - all aspects of him bout 4-5 essays
construcive unionism
killing hr with kindness

Section B - Sinn Fein
Inter Party both
irish neutrality
Section C - France, Russia.

Section D - Hitler consolidation and hitler rise
Cold War

the ones in bold are ones i'm thinking of doing. But i'm fairly confident of section c and d. Topics i am studying i know them inside out and all posible questions but it won't be any use f they don't come up.

Cannibal Ox

Section A - parnell - all aspects of him bout 4-5 essays
construcive unionism
killing hr with kindness

Parnell came up last year, if anything it'll be Butt or Redmond.
Unionism is a must, Davitt is a good back up, imho.

I've got it down to:
A - Unionism (which includes Carson and Craig), Davitt and Butt
B - Inter Party, Security, Economy
C - France, Bismarck
D - Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler

TheDoc

I'm in a spot of bother and need some help folks. I have pretty much a genuine memory difficulty which makes learning extremely difficult. I am having a whore of a time studying my research topic. It is The Battle of The Bulge which is 2 pages long and I just cant memorise it, i read it everyday and write it but I cant do it, same with Geography with my field work study. Anyone got any help?

gabriella

I find that the best way to learn them is just to keep writting it out, perhaps taking each section/paragraph at a time and just write it with your copy open until you know it and then without it. keep that going whole way through the essay and should be able to memorize it easier and also helps with making your writing speed quicker. Gabriella

Gileadi

if its 2 a4 pages it seems alittle short for a research topic

sci0x

yeah thats WAY too short, as you already have it learned it should be longer then the standard 4 pages anyway. Mine is six pages.

randomfella

sci0x wrote:

yeah thats WAY too short, as you already have it learned it should be longer then the standard 4 pages anyway. Mine is six pages.

depends on size and speed of your writing. emphasis on speed really which pre-determines your potential in a history exam to some extent.

EdgarAllenPoo

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote:

I'm in a spot of bother and need some help folks. I have pretty much a genuine memory difficulty which makes learning extremely difficult. I am having a whore of a time studying my research topic. It is The Battle of The Bulge which is 2 pages long and I just cant memorise it, i read it everyday and write it but I cant do it, same with Geography with my field work study. Anyone got any help?

I also have severe memory troubles, it may be ADHD but if I mentioned that my parents would think I'm making excuses.

The best way I remember things is by sight so what I did for english was get the movie of Hamlet.

Having watched it and Witness once or twice I now remember them with little trouble. With history unless you can get your hands on some really accurate documentaries or films this might not work for you.

As far as your research topic goes, go out and buy a dictation machine or a walkman with a built in microphone, read out your research topic into the dictation machine and listen to it as much as possible, just like the listening portion of the irish exam if you listen to it enough you may have a better chance of remembering it. Hope this helps.

hada

He's going to ask combined questions this year, as it's the last year of the old history course.

i.e. Threats both internal/external to ireland 22-45.
militant nationalism 1912-1921
Irish Economy 32-45 (or he could ask 22-66)
The Emergency both South and North Of Ireland
The issues that affected irish people 1921-22
Contrast 50's and 60's In Ireland
Relationship of Muss/Hit
Church State Relations In Ger and France

Oh and (I know most schools don't do it but..) The Spainish Civil War is tipped as well.

Besides that, learn all the must haves:
home rule 1875-1918
land q.
sinn féin
interparty govs (bot 48-51 and 54-57)
C N G Gov 22-32
Franco-Prussian War
3rd French Republic
Eastern Question
Tsarist Russia
Muss, Hitler, Stalin

randomfella

GDM wrote:

just like the listening portion of the irish exam if you listen to it enough you may have a better chance of remembering it.

randomfella

hada wrote:

He's going to ask combined questions this year, as it's the last year of the old history course.

who is this man?

U named half the course but i'd agree with most of them.

vote4pedro

Here's what I've narrowed it down to,
Section A: Unionism (Carson); Home Rule 1900-1918 (Redmond); Sinn Fein (Griffith)

Section B: Inter Party Governments; Ireland during war/neutrality; A general question on Fianna Fail in power; Economic Policies (probably of I-P G and FF).

Section C: French 3rd Republic; Eastern Question; Causes of WW1; Tsarist Russia.

Section Mussolini (intenal & external); Stalin (internal & external); Hitler (rise to power/consolidation of power or internal policies); Weimar Republic; Steps to Euro Unity.

I wouldn't narrow it down much less than that, and would know at least 4 for each section. By far the worst moment of the LC is the couple of hours before history, praying you'll be covered in each section. Trust me, it really is horrible so make sure you cover yourself.

segadreamcast

vote4pedro wrote:

Here's what I've narrowed it down to,
Section A: Unionism (Carson); Home Rule 1900-1918 (Redmond); Sinn Fein (Griffith)

Section B: Inter Party Governments; Ireland during war/neutrality; A general question on Fianna Fail in power; Economic Policies (probably of I-P G and FF).

Section C: French 3rd Republic; Eastern Question; Causes of WW1; Tsarist Russia.

Section Mussolini (intenal & external); Stalin (internal & external); Hitler (rise to power/consolidation of power or internal policies); Weimar Republic; Steps to Euro Unity.

I wouldn't narrow it down much less than that, and would know at least 4 for each section. By far the worst moment of the LC is the couple of hours before history, praying you'll be covered in each section. Trust me, it really is horrible so make sure you cover yourself.

That nearly matches my line-up essay for essay.

exiztone

Does nobody think constructive unionism is coming up for section A? :eek:

Edit: Would anyone have an essay on Davitt they could share? I won't copy it word for word, but I'd like to see the layout and approach taken. Thanks

randomfella

YES i think constructive unionism will come up.

I don't have an essay on davitt. I woudn't anybody would be worried about u copying it word for word anyway.

hada

randomfella wrote:

who is this man?

U named half the course but i'd agree with most of them.

The guy that sets the paper.


Chances are you will have to combine one or two essays into one question in the actual exam, therefore you best have all corners covered

I.e. have learnt 37 or so essays (that constitutes about 5-11 different topics a section)

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Call Me Jimmy

some people seem to think sinn fein is a big one this year, the arthur griffith one coz its 100 years this year

Only Human

I have this gem of a little history book which was less than €10. It covers the average essay in two pages. It's brilliant if used with another history book. It's called "Concise Leaving Cert History" by Thomas Kingston. It's published by Solas Publications.

Call Me Jimmy

eh you people who think constructive unionism will come up, eh it came up last year, 2004 Q : THE CONSERVATIVES AND IRELAND - How successful were the irish policies of Conservative governments during the period 1886- 1906. Is that not the same question? If I'm not mistaken ( i dont know much history) then they wouldnt ask the same question again, I would put my money on unionist oppostion to home rule. again im not very good at history so dont slate me if im wrong

Only Human

Call Me Jimmy wrote:

eh you people who think constructive unionism will come up, eh it came up last year, 2004 Q : THE CONSERVATIVES AND IRELAND - How successful were the irish policies of Conservative governments during the period 1886- 1906. Is that not the same question? If I'm not mistaken ( i dont know much history) then they wouldnt ask the same question again, I would put my money on unionist oppostion to home rule. again im not very good at history so dont slate me if im wrong

Jesus, that post had me thinking. What if all of the essays I've predected will come up don't come up at all, like in my mock.

Call Me Jimmy

lol nobody is cutting it as tight as me though, i dont know if i'll know more than 8 essays (excluding research topic) can anyone confirm that the question i quoted is in fact the same as constructive unionism?

baby*cham*bell

a) davitt, cultural nationalism, NI
b)inter party govt's, lemass (one or the other nearly always comes up), NI
c)france(with a paragraph on Franco-Prussian war),bismarck,either eastern q or causese of ww1
d)stalin. hitler, mussolini (facism essay)
e)the ol' research topic "Claus Von Stauffenberg and the plot to kill hitler, july 20th 1944"

TIP: aim to write 10 or so a pargraphs, you can write 3 per page, they don't have to be that long, and aim to get 5/6 out of 10 in each, instead of 6-8 paragraphs (which is nigh on impossible), because its to hard to get 10 in each one. ahhhhhhhhhh the godsend that is Grinds. My grinds teacher is Peader o'ceallaigh, anyone have him, he teaches history+irish in a cbs on the southside

Cannibal Ox

Jesus, that post had me thinking. What if all of the essays I've predected will come up don't come up at all, like in my mock.

Don't think, just stick to what your doing. Maybe learn one or two extra if your really sh!tting it, but keep to what you've got and concentrate on getting them in your head.

Finch*

im only looking to pass history, dont need it for the points really (thank you arts in UCD =]) and so im taking big chances and only gonna do enough to get by,
section A: Davitt. little bit on Butt
section B: Irish neutrality. CnaG
section C: France. little bit on the Tsars
section mussolini. rise of hitler
section E: Georgy Zhukov

i know enought to bs my way through an essay if worst comes to blurst! but still -

PRAY FOR ME!

randomfella

section A anybody?

i've only got parnell learnt. Im debating learning all his possible essays or learning something else. Panicing a bit, any help would be much loved.

EDIT: panicing a lot. please list out everything in section A ur learning.

i've got parnell
sinn fein - success in 1918 election - hoping this doesn't come up in sec B.
i've heard ulster opposition to HR but i don't remember zilch on it. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh history is biggest gamble if paper doesn't come up right. Ok bak 2point. help wanted.

baby*cham*bell

randomfella wrote:

section A anybody?

i've only got parnell learnt. Im debating learning all his possible essays or learning something else. Panicing a bit, any help would be much loved.

EDIT: panicing a lot. please list out everything in section A ur learning.

i've got parnell
sinn fein - success in 1918 election - hoping this doesn't come up in sec B.
i've heard ulster opposition to HR but i don't remember zilch on it. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh history is biggest gamble if paper doesn't come up right. Ok bak 2point. help wanted.

well youre learninig enough
Parnell- last year, and far to much to learn. Davitt's tipped, and is easy.
Something on Northern Ireland comes up every year in A and B, unionist oppostion isn't the easiest there though.
what about just a butt and parnell essay, thats meant to come up also.

randomfella

baby*cham*bell wrote:

well youre learninig enough
Parnell- last year, and far to much to learn. Davitt's tipped, and is easy.
Something on Northern Ireland comes up every year in A and B, unionist oppostion isn't the easiest there though.
what about just a butt and parnell essay, thats meant to come up also.

i only have 2 essays sinn fein and parnell.
We never did N.I at all, not going to start now. How bout land question, bit dodgy?

randomfella

correct me if i'm wrong but
unionist opposition to hr...

2001
2000
1998
1997
1993

Looks like a good possibility