Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireanncode: ga is deprecated ) 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).

Church Of Ireland Media

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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

• James Ussher by Sir Peter Lely.jpg

  James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh

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  The Seven Bishops acquitted, June 1688; a key factor in the removal of James, five later became Non-Jurors

• John Smibert - Bishop George Berkeley - Google Art Project.jpg

  Irish philosopher and Church of Ireland bishop George Berkeley

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  St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh

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  Map of the dioceses of the Church of Ireland ▉▉▉ Province of Armagh*▉▉▉ Province of Dublin

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  Lady Chapel, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

• Saul church County Down sign.jpg

  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.

• St Patrick's saltire.svg

  This is "Saint Patrick's saltire", the third component of the Union Flag. It represents Ireland and is called "Saint Patrick's cross/saltire", though whether this was originally an authentic symbol of Saint Patrick is historically quite doubtful.