Irish Catholic
Dublin's dominant faith
Irish Catholic describes a person or cultural identity combining Irish heritage with Roman Catholic faith—a pairing so historically intertwined that the phrase functions as a single identity marker.
In Ireland, Catholicism distinguished the native population from Protestant English and Scottish settlers.
In America, Irish Catholic often evokes a specific immigrant experience: working-class origins, large families, Democratic politics, and neighborhoods centered on the parish church.
He came from an Irish Catholic family in South Boston.
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- Hail MaryCatholic Marian invocation
- MassCatholic worship service
- Holy CommunionSacrament of bread and wine
- priestOne who performs sacraments
prayer · Ash Wednesday · Good Friday · blessing · Great Famine · Gaelic · Troubles · holy wells · diaspora · Notre Dame · confession · ceilidh · emigration · peace process · sectarianism · Eucharist · parish priest · wake
- Irish-AmericanSouthie, South Boston, Ellis Island, potato famine, immigration wave
- Irish HistoryGreat Famine, Easter Rising, home rule, republicanism, IRA
- Celtic DiasporaCeltic heritage, potato famine, coffin ships, immigration waves, heritage societies
- Irish AmericanaCeltic roots, immigrant stories, Ellis Island, coffin ships, potato famine
- Ethnic CongregationsItalian churches, Black churches, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox
- Ethnic ChurchesGreek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Maronite, Black Church
Irish CatholicIrish Protestant
Non-Catholic believer from Ireland
Orangeman · Presbyterian · Methodist · Quaker
Irish CatholicChurch of England
Britain's state religion
Irish, Catholic, Ireland, Irishman, Irishwoman, Irishness, Catholicism, catholicity, catholic