The Making of Ireland is written in a clear factual style with up-to-date historical commentary.
This beautifully illustrated textbook features a wide variety of relevant historical imagery and presents key statistics in clear, useful graphs and charts.
The Making of Ireland provides in-depth coverage of and case studies from the four most popular Later Modern Ireland topics. Students must study two of these:
Topic 2: Movements for Political and Social Reform, 1870 1914 (prescribed topic for 2026/2027)
Topic 3: The Pursuit of Sovereignty and the Impact of Partition, 1912–1949
Topic 5: Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949–1993
Topic 6: Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949–1989
Key features of The Making of Ireland:
Learning intentions stated at the beginning of each chapter
Clearly signposted Key Concepts
Exam-focused profiles of Key Personalities
Mini Bios of key figures as springboards for further research
Chapter Recaps
End-of-chapter revision-style questions
Past exam questions placed beside relevant material
End-of-chapter sample exam paper questions for Ordinary Level and Higher Level
Topic 2 includes a wide variety of relevant documents for the documents-based question. Practice questions are organised under exam-relevant headings such as Comprehension, Comparison, Criticism and Contextualisation.
Detailed exam section offers:
Advice for both Higher and Ordinary Level students
Explanation of the marking scheme
Research Study Report guidelines
Clear guidance on answering the documents-based questions
– A full sample essay with commentary