Leaving Cert History

Launch of Century Ireland Website

Leaving Cert History — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:24:33 +0000

A new history website has been launched that should be of interest to all history students.

From the Website -

The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago.

Century Ireland is published on a fortnightly basis, beginning in May 2013, and is the main online portal for the Irish decade of commemorations, 1912-23.

News reporting on life in Ireland 100 years ago is supported by a wealth of visual, archival and contextual material to facilitate an understanding of the complexities of Irish life in the year between 1912 and 1923.

Century Ireland is produced by a team of researchers at Boston College Ireland and the project is funded by the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Century Ireland is hosted by RTÉ and the site is complimented by their broadcast schedule and material from the RTÉ archives.

Century Ireland

Sample Essays Added

Leaving Cert History — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:25:31 +0000

New Sample essays have been added here -

Pursuit of Sovereignty – Sample Essays

And here -

Northern Ireland – Sample Essays

250,000 Reached

Leaving Cert History — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:06:42 +0000

The website has passed another milestone with the total number of page views topping 250,000 on Friday 25th January.

The website has been averaging approximately 5,000 hits per week over the past three months.

We are delighted that so many people find the website useful and welcome any suggestions to improve the website.

If you find a broken link or a video that is no longer working please let us know.

Video – Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921

Leaving Cert History — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:03:11 +0000

A new video has been added for the 2014 case study containing a recent documentary on the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921.

The video can be found on this page -

The Treaty

New Handouts added – Northern Ireland

Leaving Cert History — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:19:24 +0000

New handouts on Northern Ireland have been added to the Revision section – including a ‘Timeline’ for events in Northern Ireland, and the ‘IRA and the Hunger Strikes’

They can be accessed here -

Revision Handouts

Congo 1961 – TG4 Documentary

Leaving Cert History — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:51:19 +0000

TG4 are currently showing a two part documentary series about the involvement of Irish soldiers in the Congo during the Secessation of Katanga.

The first part is on Wednesday 5th Dec. at 9.30 – repeated Saturday 8th Dec. at 9.30pm
The second part is on Wednesday 12th Dec. at 9.30pm – repeated on Saturday 15th Dec. at 9.30pm

The documentary can be found on the TG4 player here -
TG4 player

Click on the ‘documentaries’ link and then the Congo thumbnail image – or run a search for ‘Congo’.

New milestone – powerpoints viewing numbers

Leaving Cert History — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:28 +0000

leavingcerthistory.net has passed another milestone – the powerpoints on the website (and through slideshare) have now been viewed 100,000 times by visitors.

Where To Find Sources?

Leaving Cert History — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:10:03 +0000

A new page has been added to the Research project section about finding sources. The information describes where to look for sources for your research project, explains how to access some sources and has links that might be useful in finding sources for your project.

Where To Find Sources

Christmas Test

Leaving Cert History — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:06:50 +0000

The extended essay for the Research project must be submitted by lunch time on Wednesday if it is to be included in assessment for the Christmas test results. Students can email their extended essay to me or drop it into … Continue reading →

New Milestone

Leaving Cert History — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:15:51 +0000

Today leavingcerthistory.net has passed a new milestone with a total of 200,000 page views on the website since it was set up.

The website is currently registering more than 700 page views per day.