history of ireland slides
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My section of a presentation on Irish Catholicism after a research trip to Ireland in 2009TRANSCRIPT
IRISH CATHOLICISM: HISTORYPatience ChilesCarla Schmidt
St. Patrick to Today
What happened between St. Patrick and today in Irish Catholicism?
Catholicism and Folk Religion
Polytheistic, nature-based religion Common perspectives
Sacramental views Animism
Incorporation ofChristianity into thePre-Christian religion
Catholicism and Folk Religion
Penal Period
Penal laws Restriction of the practice
of Catholicism Irish identity
Penal Period
Famine
Blight wiped out potato crop 1.5 million died of starvation
or disease 2 million emigrated Renewed orthodoxy
Famine