Junior Certificate

Junior Certificate History is offered at two levels: Higher Level and Ordinary Level.

Topics of study include:

How we find out about the past

·          Introduction

·          Our roots in ancient civilisation

·          Castle, church and city

·          Renaissance

Studies of change

·          Exploration

·          Reformation

·          Plantation in Ireland

·          Revolutionary movements

·          From farm to factory

Understanding the modern world

 Political developments in Ireland in the late 19^th Century and 20^th Century

·          Social change in the 20^th Century

·          International relations in the 20^th Century