Protestantism is a minority Christian denominational family on the island of Ireland. In the 2011 census of Northern Ireland, 48% (883,768) described themselves as Protestant, which was a decline of approximately 5% from the 2001 census. In the 2011 census of the Republic of Ireland, 2.92% of the population described themselves as Protestant. In the Republic, Protestantism was the second largest religious grouping until the 2002 census in which they were exceeded by those who choose "No Religion". Some forms of Protestantism may have existed in Ireland since the early 16th century. The Church of Ireland was established by King Henry VIII of England.

History

Reformation in Ireland

During the English Reformation in the 1530s, the Irish parliament was successful in gaining the support of many bishops from across Ireland for royal supremacy, leading to the passing of the Act of Supremacy in 1536, which declared Henry VIII as head of the Church of Ireland. In 1539, Henry VIII had the monasteries of Ireland dissolved, of which only Christ Church in Dublin survived after changing from monasticism to a secular constitution based on that of St. Patrick. The introduction of the Reformation to Ireland is regarded as the end of the medieval period in Ireland. Henry VIII's son, Edward VI, made attempts to introduce Protestant liturgy and bishops to Ireland, however this was met with hostility from within the Church, even by those who had previously conformed.

.irish is a new generic top-level domain (gTLD). The rights to run the domain were applied for in June 2012 by Dot-Irish LLC, a for-profit company in California, United States. as part of an expansion of generic top-level domains by ICANN. The application was successful, and the domain opened for registrations on 17 March 2015, with public registration opened on 25 June 2015.

The average cost of a .irish domain is €16.48, which is 33% cheaper than the average cost of a .ie domain (€24.95).

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Irish may refer to :

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Irish is a given and surname.

Notable people bearing this name include: