Old Irish clerical party

E941907

The Old Irish clerical party was a conservative Catholic faction in 17th-century Ireland that championed traditional Gaelic interests and ecclesiastical authority against more moderate or Anglo-Irish political forces.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Irish Catholic royalism 1
Old Irish clerical party canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic clerical party ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic hierarchy in Ireland ⓘ
characterizedAs conservative Catholic faction ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
emphasis ecclesiastical authority ⓘ
traditional Catholic doctrine ⓘ
goal defense of Catholic ecclesiastical privileges ⓘ
preservation of traditional Gaelic social order ⓘ
historicalContext Stuart monarchy in Ireland ⓘ
conflicts between Gaelic Irish and Anglo-Irish elites ⓘ
post-Reformation Ireland ⓘ
ideology Counter-Reformation Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

conservatism ⓘ
languageAndCultureOrientation Gaelic ⓘ
linked to: Goidelic
opposedTo Anglicization of Irish society ⓘ
Anglo-Irish political forces ⓘ
moderate Catholic factions in Ireland ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-assimilation to English rule ⓘ
pro-Gaelic ⓘ
politicalRole influence on Catholic political strategy in 17th-century Ireland ⓘ
region Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
represents traditional Gaelic interests ⓘ
socialBase Gaelic Irish clergy ⓘ
Gaelic Irish nobility ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic Irish lords
supports Gaelic Irish political autonomy ⓘ
strong role for the Catholic Church in governance ⓘ
timePeriod early modern Ireland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicholas Plunkett → ideology → Irish Catholic royalism ⓘ
linked to: Old Irish clerical party