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When the Church of England broke away from the Papacy in 1558, all but two Irish bishops followed. Ireland also passed similar acts regarding Catholicism as England and Scotland. Why did Catholicism win out in Ireland but not the rest of Britain?

by /u/Dinocrocodile in /r/AskHistorians

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