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The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
The Diocese of Meath (Latin: Dioecesis Midensis; Irish: Deoise na Mí) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church that is located in the middle part of Ireland.It is one of eight suffragan dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Armagh.
The counties which retain the highest proportion of Protestants tend to be those which started off with a large proportion. In Northern Ireland, only counties Londonderry, Tyrone and Armagh have experienced a significant loss of relative Protestant population, though at a lesser rate than in the Republic.
Counties as used in Gaelic games outside Ireland cover large geographic non-traditional areas which are not considered as counties in any other context. For example, Scotland is a county for GAA purposes, as is London , while the remaining counties of Great Britain cover wider areas than their names suggest.
Church of the Sacred Heart in Dunlewey in County Donegal The Christianisation of Ireland is associated with the 5th-century activities of St. Patrick. The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest denomination being the Catholic Church.
Fearing Ireland's Catholicism and strategic value for her enemies, Elizabeth consolidated English power in Ireland. The established church in Ireland underwent a period of more radical Calvinist doctrine than occurred in England. James Ussher (later Archbishop of Armagh) authored the Irish Articles, adopted in 1615.