About this revision guide

Built from nine years of real Higher Level Paper 1 exams (2017 to 2026): what comes up in the composition (aiste, alt, scéal, díospóireacht, óráid), how it's marked, and the practice to be ready for it. Exam tasks and model answers in Irish; guidance and tips in English.

It's an interactive PDF. Type your answers straight into the answer spaces on a computer, or write on the pages with a pen on a tablet: in GrindSpot's study viewer (it opens from My purchases and saves your work) or in any PDF app, such as GoodNotes, Notability, OneNote or Adobe Acrobat. Tick the checklist as you go and jump around with the clickable contents.

Every drill has a worked answer, and the practice paper comes with full model answers (an essay, a story and a debate speech), plans for every other title and a marking guide in the style of the SEC marking schemes.

Not included: the aural (Cluastuiscint, 60 marks) needs the SEC recording, so this book gives the strategy for it and points you to the SEC's free past recordings, but has no listening tests; the oral exam (240 marks) is not covered.

Dyslexia-friendly layout: 12 pt sans-serif main text, generous line spacing and plenty of room to write.

Original GrindSpot material written in the style of the Leaving Certificate examination: the reading passages and model answers are new. Not an official SEC paper. Every question behind the topic trends is listed at grindspot.ie/exam-trends/irish.

What's inside

• How Paper 1 works, and how the composition is marked (Stíl, Ábhar, Cumas Gaeilge)
• What comes up: every part of every paper from 2017 to 2026, with the themes of the titles
• A checklist of every Paper 1 skill, with tick boxes
• 8 topic drills: 48 questions on each type of composition, accurate Irish and aural strategy
• A full practice composition paper (Cuid II, 100 marks), with answer pages
• Model answers and a marking guide

Files you get

• PDF Exam Ready: LC Irish HL Paper 1 (interactive PDF)

How you get it

Download it straight after paying. It stays in My study materials, where you can open it, write and highlight on it, and share your answers with your tutor.