Protestantism in Ireland
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Protestantism is a Christian community on the island of Ireland. In the 2011 census of Northern Ireland, 48% described themselves as Protestant, which was a decline of approximately 5% from the 2001 c
The Church of Ireland's national Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick, Dublin
Church of Ireland
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The Church of Ireland is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autocephalous member church of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second-largest Christian church
Protestantism in Ireland
…speaking, these were very insignificant and the real influx of Protestantism began only with the spread of the English Reformation to Ireland. The Church of Ireland was established by King Henry VIII of England, who had himself proclaimed as King of Ireland. During the English Reformation in the 1530s, the Irish…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, seat of the Primate of All Ireland
Henry II with Thomas Becket; the 1155 intervention was the start of efforts to Anglicise the Irish church
James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh
The Seven Bishops acquitted, June 1688; a key factor in the removal of James, five later became Non-Jurors