ABSTRACT
(For events affecting Roman Catholics, including the Penal Laws and Catholic Emancipation, see pp. 216–17.) Division Of Population Among Creeds
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1800 |
Roman Catholic Irish |
3,150,000 |
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Protestant Anglo-Irish |
450,000 |
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Presbyterians |
900,000 |
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Roman Catholics paid about £500,000 a year in tithes to Protestant clergy. |
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