Catholic Quote by Harri Holkeri

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned…

— James Nesbitt

The Church controlled so much in Ireland for so long. I'm not going to get into whether or not religion per se is a…

— Roisin Murphy

“But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.”

— James Stephens

One of the biggest problems I found with Irish politics and the economic thing was after the war, after World War II, most of…

— Gavin Friday

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until…

— Oliver Cromwell

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants…

— David Trimble

In proportion to its power, Protestantism has been as persecuting as Catholicism.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in…

— James Surowiecki

The reality is that the nationalist community in Northern Ireland were treated almost like animals by the unionist community. They were not treated like…

— Alec Reid

“The arrival of Christianity in Ireland brought with it the painful disconnection from the earth that still resonates today. Until then, people lived in…

— Mary Reynolds

“The 'Irish Question' has dogged English politics for four hundred years and will continue to measure out its irresolution in blood and human lives…

— Kevin Toolis

I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a…

— Conor McPherson