Protestant | Dublin & Wicklow L.O.L 1313

Orangeman in Dublin, a Radio 1 Documentary

July 8, 2010 Audio, Culture, News, Orangeism

‘I see myself as a Royalist, as a member of the Orange Order I see the sovereign as the keystone. I have to be loyal to the country I live in and I’m happy to call myself Irish, but the sovereign Queen Elizabeth II I see as the keystone to a stable society. It’s my [...]

Statement on the State Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom

March 26, 2010 Comment

On this the 450th Anniversary Year of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, we call upon the Pope to recognize that we stand for ‘civil and religious liberties for all, special privileges for none’ and to respect these settled and cherished principles of the United Kingdom on his first state visit here. Freedom of speech and [...]

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Cork Protestant Hall

March 6, 2010 History

A religious controversy in 1858 in Cork led to the opening of the Protestant Hall, later called the Assembly Rooms. The Committee of the Athenaeum, now the Opera House, refused permission for an ex-priest called Gavazzi to lecture there. The Committee disliked the anti-Catholic tone of Gavazzi’s sermons. Many Protestants in the city were outraged at [...]

Olaus Petri 1493-1552

September 14, 2009 Religion

Olaus Petri first studied at the University of Uppsala, then in Leipzig, and then finished his education with his M.A. at the University of Wittenberg in 1518. During his time in Germany he got acquainted with the main characters of the German reformation, Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. He returned to Sweden with his brother [...]

We Are All The Same?

September 14, 2009 Religion

I recall listening to a radio broadcast on RTE. The item up for discussion was President Mary McAleese receiving Holy Communion in St. Patrick’s Anglican Cathedral, Dublin. The presenter invited the listeners of the show to phone in with their views. Some of the contributors to the discussion were Church of Ireland. One lady in [...]