These schools are formally multidenominational so mandatory Masses, Catholic symbols and visits by diocesan ... influence on Irish and European culture over the centuries. To be sure, there ...

The Celtic symbol for luck and the unofficial ... The green represents the Catholic population of Ireland, while the orange represents Irish Protestants. The middle stripe of white symbolizes ...

A chara, – Ronan McCrea ("Removing Catholic symbols and practices from State ... and human rights of non-Catholic families in the Irish education system. – Yours, etc, ...

Balance to be used in the display of multi-denominational religious symbols as Catholic symbols to be phased ... obtained by the Irish Times. According to the document any religious symbols ...

He later returned as a missionary to plant the seeds of the Catholic faith ... and shamrock symbols can be found everywhere as a sign of the Montserratians’ blended Irish heritage and ancestry.

The holiday originally was tied to religious ideals but now is also a symbol ... fasting. Irish Christians attend church in the morning and then celebrate in the afternoon. The Catholic holiday ...

Irish legend says that Saint Patrick used the shamrock as an educational symbol to explain the Holy Trinity to nonbelievers as he converted the Irish to Christianity in the fourth century.