Predominantly Catholic Ireland voted to remove its constitutional ban on divorce, and 1.5 million Catholics in Germany signed petitions calling for the ordination of women.

The Protestants would be instantly tranformed into a minority if the North should join with overwhelmingly Catholic Ireland.

Maureen Wall (1989) - Catholic Ireland in the Eighteenth Century (collected essays) - Ed.

Later in time, the saint becomes associated specifically with Catholic Ireland and synonymously with Irish national identity.

How could such a statue still exist in Catholic Ireland?

Catholic Ireland strongly supported James, but many Protestants in Ulster secretly supported William.

They wanted an independent, Catholic Ireland, with the English and Scottish settlers expelled permanently.

The companies attracted rural workers, as well as immigrants from Catholic Ireland, by inexpensive company housing that was a dramatic move upward from the inner-city slums.

McAleese told the cardinal that she was the "President of Ireland and not just of Catholic Ireland".

The resignation, announced on Wednesday, has rocked heavily Catholic Ireland.