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Protestants in a Catholic State.

Bowen, Kurt.

Protestants in a Catholic State. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demographic Trends -- The Transitional Years -- Population Trends -- Emigration -- Mixed Marriages -- 3 Ethnic Allegiance and Political Life -- Political Representation: Extinction and Incorporation -- Political Attitudes and Electoral Allegiances -- 4 Class Differences and Occupational Segregation -- The Engulfment of Minority Privilege -- The Decline of the Protestant Firm -- 5 Church and Faith -- The Religious Divide before Vatican II -- Organizational Problems: A Genteel Decline -- Ecumenism -- Secularization -- 6 Education -- Primary Schools -- Secondary Schools -- Trinity College Dublin -- The Curriculum and Protestant Identity -- 7 Community Life -- Farmers and Rural Townsmen -- West Britons -- The Urban Lower Classes -- The Urban Middle Class -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.

This book traces the changing fortunes of the small Protestant community in the southern twenty-six counties of Ireland after independence was achieved in 1922.

9780773581036


Protestants-Ireland-History-20th century.
Christianity-Ireland.
Ireland-Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HN400.3.A8 B69 1983

305.6/30417

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