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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
wow! is that really true?
that's absolutely shocking to me, but my entire paternal lineage is all southside irish catholic (though none of us actually live there anymore), so the idea that an american of irish descent would identify as "protestant" is extremely foreign to me.
perhaps that's because my entire maternal lineage is all northside german/french catholic (chicago has a crapload of german catholics; we're not all lutherans in the windy city), so i never got the diluted irish-american experience of protestantism creeping in.
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Ulster (NI) Irish are largely protestant. My Irish relatives were all protestants. NOt that uncommon.