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The Catholic Church in Ireland, 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. In the Republic of Ireland's 2022 census, 69% of the population identified as Roman Catholic. [2]
The Roman Catholic Church has had a powerful influence over the Irish state since the Constitution of 1922, although that influence has diminished somewhat in recent decades. The clergy's influence meant that the Irish state had very conservative social policies, banning, for example, divorce , contraception , abortion and pornography as well ...
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.
A list of Catholic churches in Ireland, notable current and former individual church buildings and congregations and administration of the Catholic Church in Ireland. These churches are listed buildings or have been recognised for their historical importance, or are church congregations notable for reasons unrelated to their buildings.
It is a commonly held perception that the term 'cathedral' may be applied to any particularly large or grand church. Whilst many cathedrals may be such, this is due to their ecclesiastical status (such a church is grand because it is a cathedral, rather than it being a cathedral because of its grandeur).
Whereas English Catholic dioceses were forbidden by law from having the same name as a diocese of the established Church of England, no such prohibition was made for Irish dioceses. The Roman Catholic dioceses remained close to the original, with a few notable differences.
The Cathedral Church of St Mel is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, located in the town of Longford in Ireland. Built between 1840 and 1856, with the belfry and portico as later additions, it has been considered the "flagship cathedral" of the Irish midlands region, [1] Longford's "landmark building" [1] [2] and "one of the finest Catholic churches ...
24 Irish Catholic Martyrs (18 P) C. Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals in Ireland (49 P) ... Pages in category "History of Catholicism in Ireland"