Why did the Irish never turn Protestant during the Reformation like every other nation in Northern Europe?

Question

Even the Scots and the Welsh turned Protestant, and they both had grievences against the English too, so how come the Irish never developed a form of Protestantism of their own like every other nation did in Northern Europe during the time of the Reformation?

Answer 1

stubborn

besides, they had St. Patrick

Answer 2

The best answer I ever heard to this question was that the Irish and all the others where just going against the establishment at the time.
The Scots went protestant about the time of the Catholic Reformation in England.
The Welsh went protestant when the Bible was printed in Welsh. It was an acknowledgment by the crown that the Welsh were a separate people.
The Irish just plain hated the English without regard to the religion in force at the time.

Answer 3

Because they were roman catholic and had been since St.Patrick converted the country in the 4th century. The Irish have held on to their catholic faith ever since .During the reformation the catholic religion was banned in Ireland churches and monastery's were destroyed and even schools were forbidden, but the people refused to give up their religion ,and today Ireland is regarded as the most catholic country in Europe.

Answer 4

Because they looked on Britain as an occupying power and therefore their religion was alien to them