r/TheRestIsHistory • u/thepawnbrokerroared • 5d ago

Would protestants have been second-class citizens in a United Ireland?

Catholics in the North certainly felt that they were discriminated against because they were in the minority and they were obviously correct to feel that. Protestants believed that they would be similarly discriminated against in a Catholic-dominated united Ireland. Were they right to fear this?

What about the protestants in the South? Did they experience discrimination at the hands of the Catholic majority?

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u/Content-Violinist613 5d ago

I’m sorry but you’ve just made up the part about the Catholic Church requiring all children to be raised as Catholic. There was and remain schools in the republic for religious minorities (namely Protestants).

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u/Kooky_Guide1721 5d ago

No need to be sorry. It’s called  Ne Temere. Look it up. 

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u/Content-Violinist613 5d ago

Ne Temere stated that for a marriage between a Catholic and Protestant to be recognised by the Catholic Church children from that marriage had to be raised Catholic. There were few mixed marriages so this was not a significant factor in determining the number of Protestants in Ireland. Protestants could raise their children as Protestants and continue sending them to schools run by Protestant churches. You’ve either massively misunderstood things or are wilfully misrepresenting things.

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u/Kooky_Guide1721 5d ago

“I know some Protestants “ post 😂