2006-12-24 10:54:45 · 14 answers · asked by cow girl 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A majority of them are but you might call them a little drunk Christians.
2006-12-24 10:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ireland is a stronghold of SOME of the oldest remaining pagan religions in the world, to begin with, and even among the people who call themselves Catholic (especially far in the south) they are only nominally Catholic. Furthermore (though many in Ireland ARE quite Christian), there is a reason that the Catholicism that is spread throughout so much of Ireland is called "Irish Catholic" to distinguish it from "Roman Catholic." It is quite different, and VERY much blended with native traditions (since the 7th century, in fact, in some places)... much like Mexican Catholicism. To simply label all of these denominations "Christian" is really a misnomer... the old Irish paganism survives as much in Irish Catholicism as Roman Catholicism does.
2006-12-24 12:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by soothing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A good deal of the Irish are either Protestant or Catholic which in their own interpretations of the bible makes them Christians. There are certainly people from other religions there but for the most part, there are an abundant amount of Christians in Ireland.
2006-12-24 11:11:27 · answer #3 · answered by dedication62 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I know several that aren't. A couple of Wiccans, a Druid or two, and quite a few that folow Celtic religius practices. And from several sources I have heard that there is a trend toward returning to the indiginous pre-Christian Irish religion.
2006-12-24 12:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ireland is very pro-Catholic country. Probably 90 to 95% Catholic. But than again, other Christian groups do not consider Catholics Christian.
2006-12-24 11:03:02 · answer #5 · answered by cold runner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No of course not. A large majority are but like most countries other religions followings exist.
2006-12-25 12:44:49 · answer #6 · answered by smiling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original Celtic peoples were of the Druidic faith(which did not until later include sacrifices of people) where they praised all things in nature.
2006-12-24 11:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, many have become aethieist as a result of eye-opening, jaw-dropping exposure to the Catholic Church.
2006-12-24 20:23:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
88.4% Roman Catholic
3.0% Anglican
1.6% other Christian
3.5% nonreligious
3.5% other
that's 7% not Christian
2006-12-24 14:31:22 · answer #9 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are all the people of any place all one religion? Nope.
2006-12-24 11:03:13 · answer #10 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes they are christian, the problem lies with the seperation between catholic and protestant. But they are all christian--unless you are some other religion
2006-12-24 12:41:20 · answer #11 · answered by operaphantom2003 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋