Is Northern Ireland Catholic or Protestant?

Ireland is split between the Republic of Ireland (predominantly Catholic) and Northern Ireland (predominantly Protestant). When a powerhouse like England plants settlers (like Scottish Protestants) to claim land, centuries of troubles ensue.
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Are there more Catholic or Protestant in Northern Ireland?

Like Great Britain (but unlike most of the Republic of Ireland), Northern Ireland has historically had a plurality of Protestants (as of the 2011 census, 48% of the resident population were either Protestant, or brought up Protestant, while 45% of the resident population were either Catholic, or brought up Catholic).
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Is Southern Ireland Catholic or Protestant?

Religion. Ireland has two main religious groups. The majority of Irish are Roman Catholic, and a smaller number are Protestant (mostly Anglicans and Presbyterians). However, there is a majority of Protestants in the northern province of Ulster.
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Is Northern Irish Protestant?

Protestantism is a Christian minority on the island of Ireland. In the 2011 census of Northern Ireland, 48% (883,768) described themselves as Protestant, which was a decline of approximately 5% from the 2001 census.
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Is Scotland Catholic or Protestant?

2.11 When asked about their religious identity in this way, 30% of people in Scotland think of themselves as Protestant and 15% consider themselves to be Catholic. Another 15% think of themselves as Christian, but neither Protestant nor Catholic, while 3% say they are Muslim and 1% identify with another religion.
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Why is orange offensive to the Irish?

It's overwhelmingly Catholic. Part of Northern Ireland is Protestant. So that part of Northern Ireland identifies itself with William of Orange," historian Cheryl White said.
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Is Dublin Ireland Catholic?

Ireland is split between the Republic of Ireland (predominantly Catholic) and Northern Ireland (predominantly Protestant).
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Why is Ireland divided?

Most northern unionists wanted the territory of the Ulster government to be reduced to six counties, so that it would have a larger Protestant unionist majority. They feared that the territory would not last if it included too many Catholics and Irish nationalists.
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Is Newcastle Catholic or Protestant?

As of the 2011 census there were 7,672 people living in Newcastle. Of these: 98% were white. 70% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic faith and 24% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' faiths.
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Are there Protestants in Dublin?

Dublin and 2 of the border counties had over 20% Protestant. In 1991, however, all but 4 counties have less than 6% Protestant, the rest having less than 11%. There are no counties in the Irish Republic which have experienced a rise in the relative Protestant population over the period 1861 to 1991.
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Is UK Catholic or Protestant?

The official religion of the United Kingdom is Christianity, with the Church of England being the state church of its largest constituent region, England. The Church of England is neither fully Reformed (Protestant) nor fully Catholic. The Monarch of the United Kingdom is the Supreme Governor of the Church.
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Is Northern Ireland under British rule?

Initially formed as a Dominion called the Irish Free State in 1922, the Republic of Ireland became a fully independent republic following the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949. Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom as a constituent country.
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What's the difference between Protestant and Catholic?

Protestants are not open at all to papal primacy. According to the Evangelical view, this dogma contradicts statements in the Bible. Catholics see in the pope the successor of the Apostle Peter, the first head of their Church, who was appointed by Jesus.
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What is the biggest religion in Ireland?

Christianity is the largest religion in the Republic of Ireland based on baptisms. Irish Christianity is dominated by the Catholic Church, and Christianity as a whole accounts for 82.3% of the Irish population.
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What language do they speak in Northern Ireland?

In Northern Ireland, English is the first language. However, Ullans (Ulster-Scots) and Irish are both recognised as culturally significant, which is why you'll find the arts and culture centre of Irish in Cultúrlann, and the Ulster-Scots Language Society (both in Belfast) showcasing Ulster-Scots writings.
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Does the IRA still exist?

These resulted in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, and in 2005 the IRA formally ended its armed campaign and decommissioned its weapons under the supervision of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.
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Why is Northern Ireland part of the UK but not Great Britain?

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (to give its full name) refers to the political union between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The UK is a sovereign state, but the nations that make it up are also countries in their own right. From 1801 to 1922 the UK also included all of Ireland.
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Is Northern Ireland poor?

As Northern Ireland entered the pandemic, nearly one-in-five people in Northern Ireland lived in poverty, including over 100,000 children.
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What is the most Catholic country?

According to the CIA Factbook and the Pew Research Center, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are, in decreasing order of Catholic population :
  • Brazil.
  • Mexico.
  • Philippines.
  • United States.
  • Italy.
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What percentage of Italy is Catholic?

According to a 2017 poll by Ipsos (a France-based research centre), 74.4% of Italians are Catholic (including 27.0% engaged and/or observant), 22.6% are irreligious and 3.0% adhere to other denominations in Italy.
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What does Black Irish mean?

The term "Black Irish" is sometimes used outside Ireland to refer to Irish people with black hair and dark eyes. One theory is that they are descendants of Spanish traders or of the few sailors of the Spanish Armada who were shipwrecked on Ireland's west coast, but there is little evidence for this.
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Do Irish Protestants wear green?

Therefore, on St. Patrick's Day, Protestants protest by wearing orange instead of green. Ironically, no one wears white; the placement of the white stripe between the green and orange stripes on the Irish flag is supposed to symbolize the peace between the Roman Catholic majority and the Protestant minority.
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What is the true color of Ireland?

The official colour of Ireland in heraldic terms is azure blue. The colour blue's association with Saint Patrick dates from the 1780s, when it was adopted as the colour of the Anglo-Irish Order of St Patrick.
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