2007-01-03 22:22:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
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2007-01-03 22:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you referring to the Church of Ireland being the established state Church? If so, it was disestablished in 1869.
I have a recollection that there was a referendum in the Republic of Ireland to sever the "special relationship" between the Roman Catholic Church and the Republic of Ireland - are you referring to that?
2007-01-03 22:29:13 · answer #2 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Church of England broke with the Pope and communion with the Roman Catholic Church, the Catholic Church in Ireland underwent reformation. The Church of Ireland, in its cathedrals and churches and property, retains much of the island's heritage of the medieval occupation. The Catholic Church was and is the church of the vast majority of the populace; nevertheless, the Church of Ireland was imposed as the state church until 1869 when it was disestablished
2007-01-03 22:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fifth Amendment of the Irish constitution, which removed the Catholic Church's "special position" was approved by referendum on the 7th December 1972 and signed into law on the 5th January 1973.
2007-01-05 12:20:05 · answer #4 · answered by Máirtín 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋