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Irish Catholics are people who are Roman Catholic and Irish. Divisions between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants played a major role in the history of Ireland from the 16th to the 20th century, especially the Home Rule Crisis and the Troubles. While religion broadly marks the delineation of these divisions, the contentions were primarily political and related to access to power. For example, while the majority of Irish Catholics saw themselves as having an identity independent of Britain and were excluded from power, a number of the instigators in rebellions against British rule were in fact Protestant Irish nationalists, although most Irish Protestants opposed separatism. In the Irish Rebellion of 1798 Catholics and Presbyterians, who were not part of the established Church of Ireland, found common cause. Irish Catholics are found in many countries around the world, especially in the English-speaking world. Emigration following the Famine in the late 1840s saw the population drop from over 8 million to just over 4 million. In the United States, hostility to Irish Catholics was expressed through the Know Nothings and Nativist movement. ==See also== *Celtic Christianity *Roman Catholicism in Ireland *Saint Patrick's Day *Irish American *Irish Australian *Irish Canadian *Irish diaspora *Irish migration to Britain *Irish Newfoundlander *Irish people *Irish Scots *Know-Nothings *Nativists *Penal Laws *Anti-Catholicism 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irish Catholic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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