Irish Catholics

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Irish Catholics are an ethnoreligious group in Ireland historically associated with Roman Catholicism, Irish nationalism, and significant involvement in the island’s political and social conflicts.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnoreligious group
religious community
associatedWith Gaelic culture
Irish language
Irish nationalism
contributedTo Irish folk traditions
Irish literature
Irish music
country Ireland
diaspora Irish Americans
linked to: Irish American

Irish Argentines
Irish Australians
Irish Canadians
linked to: Irish Canadian
dominantChurch Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
educationInfluence Catholic schools in Ireland
linked to: Catholic schools
ethnicity Irish
experienced political discrimination in Northern Ireland
religious discrimination in Ireland
historicalLanguage Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English

Irish Gaelic
linked to: Irish language
historicallyContrastedWith Irish Protestants
Ulster unionists
linked to: Ulster Protestants
historicallyOpposedTo British rule in Ireland
historicallySubjectTo Penal Laws in Ireland
land dispossession
importantFeast Christmas
Easter
Saint Patrick's Day
linked to: St. Patrick's Day
involvedIn Irish Land War
Irish War of Independence
The Troubles
majorityReligionIn Republic of Ireland
linked to: Ireland
minorityReligionIn Northern Ireland
patronSaint Saint Patrick
politicalAlignment historically nationalist in Ireland
often supported Irish republicanism
populationMajorityIn most of the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland
populationPluralityIn parts of Northern Ireland
primaryLocation Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
linked to: Ireland
religion Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite
significantPartySupport Fianna Fáil
Sinn Féin
Social Democratic and Labour Party
socialInfluence influencing Irish social policy in the 20th century
shaping Irish family law
typicalDevotions Marian devotions
the Rosary
linked to: Rosary

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Referenced by (5)

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

Irish Rebellion of 1641 hasParticipant Old English Catholics
linked to: Irish Catholics
Protestant Ascendancy mainOpposedGroup Irish Catholics
Irish Confederates supportedBy Irish Catholic nobility
linked to: Irish Catholics
Repeal Association religiousSupportBase Irish Catholics