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St. Michael's Church (Catholic) - This church dates from 1875 although an earlier church on the site dates from 1803. [29] Enniskillen Methodist Church - This church opened in 1867. It has a Palladian facade. [30] Enniskillen Presbyterian Church - The current church was erected in 1897 although there is evidence of a building dating back to ...
Not all Protestants are unionists, and not all Catholics are nationalist. For information on recent communal conflicts in Northern Ireland, see the Troubles. The census reports do not distinguish between Protestant and other non-Catholic Christian faiths. The number of Orthodox Christians in Northern Ireland is estimated at 3000 followers. [1]
59.16% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 37.78% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; 37.20% indicated that they had a British national identity, 36.08% had an Irish national identity and 29.53% had a Northern Irish national identity
The region had a significant Protestant majority when Northern Ireland was created in 1921. More Catholics than Protestants in NI for first time since partition Skip to main content
The differing age profiles of Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities are key to understanding the region’s shifting demography, the head of the census has said.
St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen, is one of two cathedral churches in the Diocese of Clogher (the other is St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher) in the Church of Ireland. It stands on high ground overlooking the town of Enniskillen , County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh.
The war in Ulster was finally brought to an end when the Parliamentarians crushed the Irish Catholic Ulster army at the Battle of Scarrifholis, near Letterkenny in nearby County Donegal, in 1650. During the Glorious Revolution, only Derry and nearby Enniskillen had a Protestant garrison by November 1688.
The difference between the two measurements is higher for Protestants than for Catholics, and is higher among younger people. Geographically, using Religion instead of Religious Background does not change the areas where Catholic outnumber Protestants, or vice versa, but results in some regions where a majority turns into a plurality.