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The Church of Ireland's national Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick, Dublin. Protestantism is a Christian minority on the island of Ireland.In the 2011 census of Northern Ireland, 48% (883,768) described themselves as Protestant, which was a decline of approximately 5% from the 2001 census.
The Reformation in Ireland was a movement for the reform of religious life and institutions that was introduced into Ireland by the English administration at the behest of King Henry VIII of England. His desire for an annulment of his marriage was known as the King's Great Matter .
From 1921 to 1991 there was a decrease in the Protestant population in the Irish Free State and then the Republic of Ireland, however by 2002, there has been an increase in the three main Protestant denominations: Anglicanism, Presbyterianism, and Methodism. [13]
Today, the vast majority of Ulster Protestants live in Northern Ireland, which was created in 1921 to have an Ulster Protestant majority, and in the east of County Donegal. Politically, most are unionists, who have an Ulster British identity and want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom.
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregational traditions, as well as parts of the Anglican (known as "Episcopal" in some regions) and Baptist traditions.
Reformation in Ireland, the spread of the English Reformation to Ireland (c. 1536 –1691, or to 1829, depending on definitions), then a possession of the British crown; resulted in the establishment of the (Anglican) Church of Ireland, but little ultimate effect on the Catholic majority worship in what today is the Republic of Ireland
The Church of Ireland experienced a major decline in membership during the 20th century, both in Northern Ireland, where around 65% of its members live, and in the Republic of Ireland. The church is still the second-largest in the Republic of Ireland , with 126,414 members in 2016 (minus 2% compared to the 2011 census results) [ 49 ] and the ...
Pre-Reformation bishops in Ireland (8 C) M. Monasteries dissolved under the Irish Reformation (21 P) P. Post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland (8 C, 5 P ...