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Irish Catholics is a term used to describe people of
Roman Catholic background who are
Irish or of
Irish descent.
The term is of note due to Irish immigration to many countries of the
English speaking world, particularly as a result of the
Irish Famine in the 1840s - 1850s, following which the population declined by over half in the following century (from approx. over 8 million to just over 4 million) due to the pattern of immigration begun then. The term has currency in the
United Kingdom, the
United States,
Canada,
Australia, and
New Zealand. These nations had, or have, a majority of
Protestants; thus, both aspects - being Catholic, and being Irish - at times separated them from the mainstream culture. In the United States, hostility to both these aspects was expressed through the
Know-Nothing movement and
Nativism in general.
The term can also relate to a period when Catholicism in Ireland was
somewhat divergent from the "Roman" church. Though mostly reconciled with the
Synod of Cashel in 1172, some elements unique within the practice of Catholicism and Catholic culture remained in
Ireland.
'Irish Catholic' is also used to distinguish Catholic inhabitants of
Ireland from the
Ulster-Scots and the
Anglo-Irish, and the North American descendants of Irish Catholic emigrants from the
Scots-Irish. It doesn't necessarily refer to religion, as there are many Irish Catholics who belong to other faiths or, indeed, no faith at all (such as
Eamonn McCann).
The Irish Catholic is also the name of a popular newspaper in Ireland published for lay people.
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