Irish Catholics
Emerald Isle believers
Irish Catholics are people of Irish descent who practice Roman Catholicism, the dominant religion in the Republic of Ireland.
The term often carries historical weight, evoking centuries of British Protestant rule, discrimination, and the struggles that shaped Irish identity.
In America, Irish Catholics arrived in waves—especially during the Great Famine—and faced prejudice before becoming a political and cultural force: The Irish Catholic vote helped elect Kennedy.
The phrase sometimes distinguishes from Irish Protestants, particularly in discussions of Northern Ireland's sectarian divisions.
- Holy CommunionSacrament of bread and wine
- MassCatholic worship service
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- Home RuleIrish autonomy within Britain
- Land WarMilitary conflict on terrain
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- ChristiansProtestants, Protestant, Baptist, Lutheran, Baptists
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, cardinals, parochial school
- Irish Diasporaemigration, coffin ships, chain migration, Great Famine, immigration waves
- Catholic GroupsJesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, Benedictines, Carmelites
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Greeks, Russians
- Australasian ChristianityPresbyterian Church, Methodist Church, Salvation Army, Pentecostalism, Anglican Church
Irish CatholicsPresbyterians
Elder-governed Protestant denomination members
Methodists · Anglicans · Huguenots · Quakers
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