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In the Republic of Ireland, 87.4% of the citizens were baptised Catholic as infants while the figure for Northern Ireland is 43.8%. [26] [27] Christianity had arrived in Ireland by the early 5th century, and spread through the works of early missionaries such as Palladius, and Saint Patrick. The Church is organised into four provinces; however ...
King James I commissions George Calvert, Sir Humphrey Wynch, Sir Charles Cornwallis and Sir Roger Wilbraham to investigate Catholic grievances in Ireland. They report that conformity should be enforced more strictly, Catholic schools be suppressed, and bad priests removed and punished. [1]
With the partition of Ireland in 1922, 92.6% of the Free State's population were Catholic while 7.4% were Protestant. [15] By the 1960s, the Protestant population had fallen by half. Although emigration was high among all the population, due to a lack of economic opportunity, the rate of Protestant emigration was disproportionate in this period.
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Pages in category "History of Christianity in Ireland" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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c. 558 – Christianization of Ireland (Celtic Church) c. 563 – Picts (Celtic Church) [8] c. 568 – Lombards (Arian Church) 569 – Garamantes (Chalcedonian Church) 589 – Visigoths go from Arian to Chalcedonian; 591 – Lombards go from Arian to Chalcedonian; c. 592 – Lakhmids (Nestorian Church) 601 – Kent (Chalcedonian Church)