Is the Republic of Ireland a Roman Catholic country.......?

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Ian H

Yes it still is Roman Catholic. Yes "proddies" are still treated as second-class citizens. Not that are that many left after the ethnic cleansing that never gets mentioned by the media.

Nick P

Yes and no. However the laws regarding contraception are still draconian which, in a way, prejudices Protestants who have no such religious imperatives.

PS First answerer (****) Eire is NOT part of the UK

when the sun goes down

to be honest, religion isn't at the forefront of irish life anymore,the numbers of church going people is declining, nobody cares whether you're catholic, protestant, lutheran or worship the spaghetti monster.

ask any protestant person that lives in the republic, they'll tell yo no one treats you any different for your religion.

PS to the first answerer, the republic of ireland isn't in the UK

david d

Protestants have never been treated as second-class citizens in the Republic, it's a myth created to scare Northern Protestants away from the prospect of a United Ireland.
Ireland is not a Theocracy, therefore cannot be described as 'Roman Catholic' or 'Klingon God Worshippers' or anything else in religoius terms.

CÃaran

Very few of us take Catholicism seriously nowadays it's just a cultural thing with no meaning really and nobody cares if you're prodestant or whatever and whoever said that about contraception is wrong, six year olds can buy condoms if they want (my cousin bought a flavoured pack, he thought they were sweets!). And in the North there's been peace for about five years

Lulu

ROI is essentially a roman catholic country in the same way that the UK is a protestant country, however they are welcoming to other faiths in the way that esentially all other countries are. The government does take Catholic doctrine into account with things such as birth control and abortion (however birth control is avaliable contrary to some popular belief, abortion is not)

Protestants arnt treated as second class citizens as far as im aware, however i never did quite get why you have to put wether you are protestant or catholic on application forms.

Stu-Jag

No. The majority of the people are Catholic but this does not mean people are treated differently!

In some places this may be the case - By this i mean, not the Goverment putting people down, but narrow minded people that cant seem to accept that these two belief systems stem from the same book... And to put it another way... The same pagan belief systems!

Stu
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Ello Guv

No its a Nigerian country for Nigerians nowadays

Orla C

They were NEVER treated as second-class citizens!

Ireland is not as Catholic as some people think, regardless of what that fool De Valera put in the Constitution. There have always been Protestants living in the Republic, quite a lot in Limerick and Dublin, and honestly, nobody cares. The general feeling today is that your religion should not be your politics.

And there's also the influence of other religions coming into Ireland - Jews have already been here for hundreds of years, and we're now seeing Hindi, Muslim, Orthodox Christianity, Buddhism, and of course Paganism. (In fact, Ireland is more Pagan than Christian.)

You can go to Mass, you can go to Protestant Services, you can go to Temple, and you can go to a Mosque - and other places, I don't know the names of places of worship in other religions, but I am sure that someone will tell me.

You can also be an atheist and opt out of religion completely.

Priscilla Duck

No, Ireland is not a Roman Catholic country for a Roman Catholic people. We have separation of church and state, as do most non-theocratic states. If you go to a Catholic school you will receive a Catholic education replete with prayers, nuns and moral teachings, but not all schools are religious (educate together, VECs, private schools) so individual families have a choice as to how much a part they want religion to play in their life.

Attendence at RC masses etc has been dropping off rapidly in the last 20 years. Contraception is freely available. Abortion is not, but then neither is it available on demand in Northern Ireland so that can hardly be described as discriminatory.

There is lots of Irish-made and EU-directed legislation in Ireland which ensures equal rights for all residents, regardless of ethnicity, colour, religion, sexual orientation, age, nationality, etc. So no, Protestants are not treated like second-class citizens. Neither are our Jewish, Muslim, Baptist or atheist minorities. I do not practice any religion and have never been discriminated against.

Flying mop dog

No and no.

resp4rev

The republi of Ireland is constututionally a republic, whcih like the inted states and france means that there is a separation of church and state. The religious affiliation of its citizens has no bearing on their constitutional rights. Since independance protestants have generally prospered in the south, attaining a higher proportion per head of the wealth than those of other religions. Most of the poor in the south are and alwasy were catholics.
The UK, on the otherhand is a constitutional monarchy with an established church. It could be argued that catholics, muslims, jews and dissenters are effectively 2nd class, although in reality this is not the case - except in northern ireland where catholics really were 2nd class citizens.
Constitutionally the republid is more evolved than the feudalistic system of monarchy and established churches.

Nasty V

In the north there is still some hatred between both factions spanning several hundred years.its more of a gang feud thing now.nothing to do with religion as both religions encourage love and peace

mixturenumber1

Nice trolling

Prodestants are not second class citzens and never were different but equal would be more accurate. Protestants fought in the IRA during the war of independence actually nobody gives a damn about that kind of thing anymore.

Podge and Rodge Tribute Band

Get up the yard!

agooddub

dear Mr. Faugh a Ballagh, you are nothing but a **** stirrer, so sod off.

Dafydd

Yes, yes and no

doctor

untrue & prejudiced. for example 2 out of the first four presidents were protestants. Members of the british royal family can be or marry any religion except catholics.

Happy Man

It is mostly Catholic.

Cian R

Yes it is an RC country but Protestants aren't treated as second class citizens.

sweeney6891

Yep, A church in every parish, a parish priest for every church & school. Regular visitations from Bishops & priests for blessings,

I went to a roman catholic school in cork. One of the last magdelene laundrys to close in Ireland, Converted to a primary,secondary school oratory churches & statue of ST.Vincent,I left in 2004 ...im 23,
you can count on prayers before during & after school.

Kids still say a prayer before each class starts, to this day, my kid sisters in her last year right now & they still at 17 years old do roleplays of the bible in religion class, we were thought by nuns to act out scenes of the bible, learn the differnt book names... told that sex was blasphemy before marraige.

The "North Mon" (North monastery,because its the north-side of Cork) across the road was run by the Christian Brothers, notorious for heroism & noted for worse.

Its a part of life, which is definitely changing now, im 23 years old, up to the age of say 16/17 I had no choice but to go to church(we called it mass) but its changing rapidly, we are catching up with the real world eventually & actually realising that life might have not actually have been that way. I consider myself now as a free thinking atheist... Mind you I hate the word for the stigma attached to it . But Ireland is still very much a catholic country.....

When I was younger if we were to see a black man walk down the road, it would be strange, it still is for most, especially the older generation.We have a long way to come..

Interesting topic though, made me think a lot about the way things are. I could write for hours !!!

benny

Not down here bud , your thinking of up north (where your from) and its the other way round

First presidant of Ireland was Douglas Hyde who was prodestant, how many first minister of the north where Catholic, none , says it all really

Hibee

Well, it's not awash with abortion clinics.

****

Where are you from. No one is different in the UK apart from the way the bigots feel. Each to their own. Eire is predominantly Roman Catholic but no one treats other religions as second class!

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