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Irish Catholics. Irish Catholics (Irish: Caitlicigh na hÉireann) are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland [12][13] whose members are both Catholic and Irish. They have a large diaspora, which includes over 31 million American citizens, [14] plus over 7 million Irish Australians, of whom around 67% adhere to Catholicism. [15][16][17]
Celtic Christianity. The Catholic Church in Ireland (Irish: An Eaglais Chaitliceach in Éireann, Ulster Scots: Catholic Kirk in Airlann) or Irish Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See. With 3.5 million members (in the Republic of Ireland), it is the largest Christian church in Ireland.
Here Roman Catholics formed a minority of some 35% of the population, which had mostly supported Irish nationalism and was therefore historically opposed to the creation of Northern Ireland. The Roman Catholic schools' council was at first resistant in accepting the role of the government of Northern Ireland, and initially accepted funding only ...
Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne. Church of St Mary and St John, Ballincollig. Holy Trinity Church, Cork (Capuchins) Honan Chapel. Saints Peter and Paul's Church, Cork. St. Mary's Dominican Church and Priory. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Skibbereen. In the Diocese of Cloyne: St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh.
The Irish Catholic. The Irish Catholic is a 40-page Irish weekly newspaper providing news and commentary about the Catholic Church. The newspaper is privately owned by editor-in-chief Garry O’Sullivan, managed by a private limited company and independent of the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland. Unusual among nationally-available newspapers, it ...
Irish Catholic Martyrs. Irish Catholic Martyrs (Irish: Mairtírigh Chaitliceacha na hÉireann) were 24 Irish men and women who have been beatified or canonized for both a life of heroic virtue and for dying for their Catholic faith between the reign of King Henry VIII and Catholic Emancipation in 1829. The more than three century-long religious ...
There are seventeen titular sees in Ireland (of which two are united in personal union with current sees): Ardcarne, Ardmore, Ath Truim, Ceanannus Mór, Cell Ausaille, Cill Fhionnúrach (united with Galway and Kilmacduagh), Clonmacnoise (united with Diocese of Ardagh), Cluain Iraird, Cunga Féichin, Domnach Sechnaill, Duleek, Eanach Dúin ...
Christianity (Irish: Críostaíocht) has been the largest religion in Ireland since the 5th century. After a pagan past of Antiquity, missionaries (most famously including Saint Patrick) converted the Irish tribes to Christianity in quick order. This produced a great number of saints in the Early Middle Ages, as well as a faith interwoven with ...