YOUR LEAVING CERT REVISION LIBRARY
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Choose a subject. See the main topics and assessment components, try a practice prompt and build your own revision checklist.
Some subjects have new specifications for 2027; others change for later cohorts. Each guide identifies the version it uses. If you started fifth year in September 2026, check the 2028 programme before using these lists.
42 subjects · Topic maps, practice prompts and revision checklists
Accounting
Follow the transaction. Show the working. Explain what the final figures mean.
Agricultural Science
Understand the science behind soil, crops and animals, then apply it to farming decisions.
Ancient Greek
Read Ancient Greek with understanding and connect a text to the world that produced it.
Applied Mathematics
Build a model of a real problem, solve it and decide whether the answer makes sense.
Arabic
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Arabic revision routine.
Art
Research, make and respond. Show how your ideas develop, not only the finished work.
Biology
Connect cells, organisms and ecosystems. Explain the evidence as well as the process.
Business
Explain decisions in a real business context, rather than learning definitions in isolation.
Chemistry
Move confidently between particles, equations, measurements and the substances you observe.
Classical Studies
Explore the ancient world through texts, objects and images, and learn to question the evidence.
Climate Action and Sustainable Development
Understand Earth systems, examine unequal impacts and evaluate what meaningful action can achieve.
Computer Science
Think through a problem, implement a solution and test the cases that could break it.
Construction Studies
Understand how a building works, communicate its details and make accurately.
Design and Communication Graphics
See the object in space, construct its geometry and communicate a design clearly.
Drama, Film and Theatre Studies
Create with intention and explain how performance and production choices shape an audience’s experience.
Economics
Use models to explain choices, then ask how well those models fit the evidence.
Engineering
Connect materials and processes to the way an engineered product is designed and made.
English
Read closely. Write with purpose. Make an argument that answers the question in front of you.
French
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced French revision routine.
Geography
Explain the process, locate the example and use geographical evidence.
German
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced German revision routine.
Hebrew Studies
Explore Hebrew history, religious ideas and civilisation through prescribed texts and their contexts.
History
Know what happened. More importantly, explain why using evidence you can evaluate.
Home Economics
Connect food science, household decisions and social issues with everyday situations.
Irish (Gaeilge)
Use Irish to communicate, understand and respond. Build confidence across speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Italian
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Italian revision routine.
Japanese
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Japanese revision routine.
Latin
Read Latin with understanding and connect a text to the world that produced it.
Lithuanian
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Lithuanian revision routine.
Mandarin Chinese
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Mandarin Chinese revision routine.
Mathematics
Paper 1 and Paper 2 topics, with separate Higher and Ordinary Level detail.
Music
Listen actively, write music purposefully and prepare performance consistently.
Physical Education
Understand performance, use evidence to improve it and examine the wider world of sport.
Physics
Turn a physical situation into a diagram, a model and an explanation you can defend.
Physics and Chemistry
Use physical and chemical ideas together while keeping the combined subject’s syllabus clear.
Polish
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Polish revision routine.
Politics and Society
Understand who makes decisions, whose rights are involved and how evidence supports an argument.
Portuguese
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Portuguese revision routine.
Religious Education
Understand ideas, compare perspectives and explain them with care and evidence.
Russian
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Russian revision routine.
Spanish
Understand the message. Respond naturally. Build a balanced Spanish revision routine.
Technology
Design a solution, build it and use testing to make it better.
What is covered?
All 42 curricular examination subjects in the Curriculum Online Senior Cycle subject directory (opens in a new tab), with Mathematics linked to its existing guide. These are Higher/Ordinary Level revision maps, not exhaustive outcome-by-outcome syllabuses. Foundation Level, non-curricular language examinations, LCVP Link Modules, Leaving Certificate Applied and non-examination frameworks are outside this library’s scope.
Sources checked 8 September 2026. Official specifications establish the course scope; CollegeRoute adds independent practice prompts and revision advice. No question-frequency percentages or guaranteed topic predictions are invented. Annual prescribed material, project briefs and paper instructions must match your own examination year.