religion

Religion

90% of the Republic of Ireland is Catholic making it one of the most Christian countries in the world, but the people weren’t Catholic didn’t begin until St. Patrick arrived about some 1500 years ago. Before then, Ireland belonged to the Celts, people who worshipped some of the nature gods, when the Christian people arrived in the 5th century, they incorporated many Celtic traditions into Christian practice, easing Ireland’s transformation into a Catholic land.