Church of Ireland facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Church of Ireland |
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Eaglais na hÉireann Kirk o Airlann |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Anglican |
Polity | Episcopal |
Moderator | Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh |
Region | Ireland |
Language | English, Irish |
Headquarters | Church of Ireland House Church Avenue, Rathmines Dublin 6 D06 CF67 Republic of Ireland |
Founder | Claims episcopal succession from Saint Patrick. Established as a state church in 1536 under King Henry VIII. Disestablished in 1871 under Queen Victoria. |
Origin | 1871 (disestablishment) |
Members | 378,000 members |
The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireann) is the Anglican church in Ireland. It is an independent member of the Anglican communion. During the kingdom of Ireland it was the state religion. It continued to be during the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, when it became part of the Church of England. It was disestablished and separated from the Church of England in 1871 by the British Parliament.
The seat of the Church of Ireland is at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh. Today the Church has roughly 390,000 members throughout Ireland, which makes it the second largest religious community in Ireland (after the Catholic Church) and the third largest in Northern Ireland (after the Catholic Church and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
Images for kids
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Pope Adrian IV, who claimed Ireland for the Papacy in 1155
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Henry II with Thomas Becket; the 1155 intervention was the start of efforts to Anglicise the Irish church
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The Seven Bishops acquitted, June 1688; a key factor in the removal of James, five later became Non-Jurors
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Irish philosopher and Church of Ireland bishop George Berkeley
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Lady Chapel, St. Patrick's Dublin
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Saul church, a modern replica of an early church with a round tower, is built on the reputed spot of St Patrick's first church in Ireland.
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Interior of Christ Church Cathedral
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