Christianity was first introduced to Ireland around 500 AD, though it is unclear exactly how Catholicism arrived. In Ireland, the Catholic church played a large role in society, running institutions like schools and having influence over politics. Catholicism became intertwined with Irish nationalism beginning in the 16th century as England became Protestant and conquered Irish lands. Over time, Irish nationalism took on more secular and republican forms but Catholicism remained central to many Irish people's cultural identity.

1. Religion

2. When was Christianity
Introduced in Ireland?
 Christianity in Ireland was firstly introduced in 500AD.
 Palladius had great influence in the intoduction of
Christianity.
 It is misstated St Patrick was the person who
introduced it
He converted Irish pagans into Catholics.

3. History of Catholicism
• In Ireland, Catholicism was introduced by
saints and scholars.
• Nobody knows how did Catholics get to
Ireland.
• Until 12th century, they were called Celtic
Christians.
• Years later, the English came as
protestants.
Killed a lot of Irish Catholics.

4. Influence of The Chuch in:
Runned institutions
Education: Raised money
Built schools
Politics: It had a lot of public opinion on the decisions taken
Raised a lot of money with a lottery.
Healthcare:
In 1950, it opposed the Mother-Child Scheme.

5. Catholicism and Irish
nationalism

6. Origins
16th
England become protestant
Tudor conquest
Ulster(1609)

7. Spanish-Irish relation
Rebellion of Hugh O’Neil 1594–1603
Spanish protectorate

8. Irish rebellion of 1641
Gaelic Irish and old English Catholic
Independent Irish Kingdom
Catholic rights own land
Cromwelliam conquest (1649-53)

9. 18th
Irish Patriotic Party Henry Grattan
Society of the United Irishmen
Irish Rebellion of 1798
Act of Union(1800-01)

10. Two forms of
nationalism
Secular Ireland Irish republicans
Daniel O’Connell Catholic Association
Moderate

11. Young Irelanders
Irish republican brotherhood (IRB)
Big support after the Great Famine
Armed revolt
1867

12. Land League
Catholic demand their land
Taken by protestant colonist
Charles Stewart Parnell

13. Cultural Nationalism
End of Catholicism centre of nationalism
Irish Gaelic culture
Celtic revival

14. Adults quotes
related to religion

15. 1st quote
• Little Pat, my uncle, was never the same after. He grew
up soft in the head with a left leg that went one way, his
body the other. He never learned to read or write but God
blessed him in another way. When he started to sell
newspapers at the age of eight he could count money
better than the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself. No
one knew why he was called Ab Sheehan, The Abbot, but
all Limerick loved him.

16. 2nd quote
• Ah, Lord above, says Nurse O'Halloran, this child is a
time straddler, born with her head in the New Year and
her arse in the Old or was it her head in the Old Year and
her arse in the New. You'll have to write to the Pope,
missus, to find out what year this child was born in and I'll
save this dress for next year.
• And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which
rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her
coming and because she was a little angel anyway.

17. 3rd quote
• There is a picture on the wall by the range of a man with
long brown hair and sad eyes. He is pointing to his chest
where there is a big heart with flames coming out of it.
Mam tell us, That's the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and I want
to know why the man's heart is on fire and why doesn't
He throw water on it? Grandma says, Don't these children
know anything about their religion? and Mam tells her it's
different in America. Grandma says the Sacred Heart is
everywhere and there's no excuse for that kind of
ignorance.

18. 4th quote
• The women outside tell Mam, When you go to McGrath's,
keep an eye on the oul' bitch for she'll cheat you on the
weight. She'll put stuff on a paper on the scale with the
paper hanging down on her side behind the counter
where she thinks you can't see it. She'll pull on that paper
so that you're lucky if you get half of what you're
supposed to get. And she has pictures of the Virgin Mary
and the Sacred Heart of Jesus all over the shop, and
she's forever on her knees abroad in St. Joseph's chapel
clackin' her rosary beads an' breathing like a virgin
martyr, the oul' bitch.

19. 5th quote
• Dad says he's glad to see the spirit of Christ alive in
Limerick and they tell him they don't need the likes of him
with his northern accent to be telling them about Christ
and he should be ashamed of himself dragging a child
around like that like a common beggar, a tinker, a
knacker.

20. 6th quote
• She worries Mikey might have the fit and die and go to
hell if he has any class of a sin on his soul though
everyone knows he's an angel out of heaven. Mikey tells
her God is not going to afflict you with the fit and then
boot you into hell on top of it. What kind of a God would
do a thing like that?

21. 7th quote
• You're here to learn the catechism and do what you're
told. You're not to be asking questions. There are too
many people wandering the world and asking questions
and that's what has us in the state we're in and if I find
any boy in this class asking questions I won't be
responsible for what happens.