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Leaving Certificate English
A guide to Dracula on Leaving Certificate English. 2026–2028 prescribed lists; 2026 question records. Use the documents for your own paper and year; past material is also useful for wider preparation.
Your task
Status. Dracula is prescribed as a single text at Higher and Ordinary Level for 2026, 2027 and 2028, and appears on the comparative lists. June 2026 was the first year it was set; the lists for 2022–2025 do not include it.
Questions – June 2026, Higher Level Paper 2, Section I. Paper: LC002ALP200EV.pdf. Source details.
- Whether the complexity of the plot limits or enhances the novel. † (description only; exact wording not yet confirmed)
- “We gain many fascinating insights from Stoker’s exploration of the relationship between science and religion in his novel, Dracula.” Discuss. (Wording supplied by the Estate; not re-checked against the paper by us.)
- Ordinary Level questions: not found.
Model answers. None from the SEC.
Support material. Oide’s Dracula Read and Respond has extract-based questions on Chapter 1; it says nothing about Bram’s Irishness. Source details.
Examiner feedback and available evidence
The materials gathered here do not yet include a full set of report findings for this qualification. Check the board’s assessment library and the source notes; do not assume that an unretrieved report does not exist.
Papers and supporting documents
Open the board’s assessment-materials library. The source register records individual reports, mark schemes and access notes. Sources for studying and teaching Dracula.
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