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*In Northern Ireland, the '''Church of Ireland''' and various aspects of the '''Presbyterian Churches''' were the dominant religions, accounting for sixty-percent of the population in 1861. While '''Catholics''' were a minority, they accounted for forty-percent of the population. Since that time, the Catholic population percentage has continued to grow. | *In Northern Ireland, the '''Church of Ireland''' and various aspects of the '''Presbyterian Churches''' were the dominant religions, accounting for sixty-percent of the population in 1861. While '''Catholics''' were a minority, they accounted for forty-percent of the population. Since that time, the Catholic population percentage has continued to grow. | ||
*Protestants and Catholics tend to live in clustered neighborhoods with most areas predominantly Catholic or Protestant. | *Protestants and Catholics tend to live in clustered neighborhoods with most areas predominantly Catholic or Protestant. | ||
*'''Huguenots''', seeking religious freedom, also came in the 1600s. Huguenot church records have been published in: ''The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London''. N.p.: Huguenot Society of London, 18--. (Family History Library book {{ | *'''Huguenots''', seeking religious freedom, also came in the 1600s. Huguenot church records have been published in: ''The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London''. N.p.: Huguenot Society of London, 18--. (Family History Library book {{FSC|501804|title-id|disp=942.1/L1 B4h}}.) Most Huguenots affiliated themselves with the Church of Ireland or with the Presbyterian Church. | ||
*In the mid-1600s '''Congregationalists and Baptists''' first came to Ireland as soldiers under Cromwell. | *In the mid-1600s '''Congregationalists and Baptists''' first came to Ireland as soldiers under Cromwell. | ||
*Members of '''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''' established branches in Ireland by 1850. Records are mainly in Salt Lake City, Utah. | *Members of '''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''' established branches in Ireland by 1850. Records are mainly in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
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