Nearly 65-thousand Junior Cert students from Wicklow and around the country will receive their exam results later this morning.
One in ten of the 40,000 students who sat higher level history this year failed the exam.
It comes days after Education Minister Joe McHugh announced the subject will become mandatory in the junior cycle.
Students can get their results from their school or online, but the online option won't be accessible until four o'clock this afternoon.
For anyone not happy with their marks today, appeals have to be made no later than five o'clock this day week.
Wicklow Surgeon Honoured By Tallaght University Hospital
Extra Lifeguards Deployed With Extended Hours On Wicklow Beaches This Week
Bus Service Boost For Wicklow with Connections to Carlow & Kilkenny
Greystones Man Given Suspended Sentence Following Sustained Campaign Of Abuse
Appeal for Information As Rathdrum Man Reported Missing