English Literature points 2025
English Literature is offered at one college in Ireland through the CAO. The CAO files it under arts.
Lowest entry point
552
across the last five years
Highest
576
a spread of 24 points between colleges and years
Easiest college, five years
–
not enough years to say
Some courses here are scored on a portfolio, an audition or an entrance test as well as points, and those figures can run past 625. They are left out of the three figures above, because they are not on the points scale. What that means.
Where it is offered, and what it took
Round one points for each college, year by year. A dash means the course did not run that year, or no figure was published. The last column is the change on the previous year the course ran, which for most is 2025 against 2024.
| College | Course | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College Dublin | Classical Civilisation/English Literature TR166· Level 8 | 552 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | Classical Languages/English Literature TR228· Level 8 | 555 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | English Literature/History TR262· Level 8 | 576 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | English Literature/History of Art and Architecture TR263· Level 8 | 571 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | English Literature/Philosophy TR269· Level 8 | 555 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | English Literature/Sociology TR272· Level 8 | 553 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | English Literature/Drama Studies TR276· Level 8 | 555 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | English Literature/Modern Language TR277· Level 8 | 554 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | Film/English Literature TR312· Level 8 | 576 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trinity College Dublin | Religion/English Literature TR664· Level 8 | 968# | – | – | – | – | – |
# beside a course, an interview, portfolio, audition or test is required. Beside a figure, that assessment is included in the number, which is why it can be above 625. * not everyone on that score was offered a place, so places were drawn at random among applicants on it.
Why some figures here are above 625
625 is the most anyone can score on Leaving Certificate points alone. The courses marked # above are assessed partly on a portfolio, an audition or an entrance test, and the published figure adds that assessment to the points. So it sits on its own scale and can run well past 625.
A figure of 900 does not mean 900 points. It means points plus a portfolio mark, and you cannot compare your own total against it. That is also why the calculator leaves these courses out when it works out what your points would have reached.
Reading this table
None of these numbers is a threshold. Each is the points of the last applicant offered a place that year, so it describes where the queue was cut rather than a standard the college set. What moves them.