LC Geography case studies
LC Geography · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Leaving Certificate Geography is the senior-cycle geography subject examined by the State Examinations Commission for students in Irish post-primary schools, and its results feed directly into CAO points for third-level entry. It suits candidates who are comfortable moving between physical process questions, regional case studies, human and economic geography, and a written account of their own fieldwork. The paper is written, with structured parts followed by longer essay-style answers, and candidates choose from optional questions within sections. Map, photograph and data-response material is supplied in the examination, so map-reading and graph interpretation are examined skills in their own right, not background knowledge. The LC Geography case studies are 5 cases and about 3,765 words.
1Flood response and management in the Ballymote catchment
The Ballymote River drains a 46 km² catchment. Since 2005, 9 km² of peat bog has been planted with conifers and 3.4 km² of floodplain has become a retail park and housing.
683 words, about 3 min2Core or periphery? The cross-border North-West region
The cross-border North-West region (Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Derry/Strabane) has 390,000 people. Services employ 64%, manufacturing 19% and agriculture 4%.
695 words, about 3 min3A river fieldwork investigation: discharge and an anomaly
A class tests the hypothesis that river velocity and discharge increase downstream on the Ballymore River. Three sites were sampled 1.2 km apart on one day.
781 words, about 4 min4Branch plant closure and the limits of a logistics park
In a town of 16,500, a US-owned medical device plant employs 380 people, 58% of all manufacturing jobs. It arrived in 1987 with €22 million in IDA grants, drawn by a nearby institute of technology and EU market access.
804 words, about 4 min5Coffee, certification and terms of trade
A coffee cooperative in a lower-income Andean country has 4,200 smallholders farming 0.6 ha each on average. In 2015 members produced 1,050 kg/ha and received 1.55/lb.
802 words, about 4 min