IRELAND
Altough there seem already to have existed some communities before, Christianism was only really introduced in Ireland in 432 when St Patrick was sent to the island. A regular hierarchy - surviving the introduction of Anglicanism and Protestantism in the 16th and 17th centuries - emerged in the course of the following centuries. The hierarchy remained unchanged after the political division of 1920 - 1922. __________________________________________________________________________________ARMAGH
The Diocese of Armagh was erected in 445. It became an Archdiocese in 1152. Archbishops of Armagh and Primates of all Ireland 1870 - 1887 Daniel McGettigan 1815 - 1887 1887 - 1924 Cardinal (1893) Michael Logue 1840 - 1924 1924 - 1927 Cardinal (1925) Patrick O'Donnell 1855 - 1927 1928 - 1945 Cardinal (1929) Joseph MacRory 1861 - 1945 After the division of 1920 - 1922 Armagh covered Northern Ireland : - Armagh itself, the suffragan dioceses of Clogher and of Derry were partly in Northern Ireland and partly in Southern Ireland. - the suffragan dioceses of Down and Connor and of Dromore were completely in Northern Ireland. __________________________________________________________________________________CASHEL
The Diocese of Cashel was erected in the 10th century. It became an Archdiocese in 1152. Archbishops 1857 - 1875 Patrick Leahy 1806 - 1875 1875 - 1902 Thomas William Croke 1823 - 1902 1902 - 1913 Thomas Fennelly 1845 - 1927 1913 - 1946 John Mary Harty 1867 - 1946 __________________________________________________________________________________DUBLIN
The Diocese of Dublin was erected in 633. It became an Archdiocese in 1152. Archbishops of Dublin and Primates of Ireland 1852 - 1878 Paul Cullen 1803 - 1878 1879 - 1885 Cardinal (1882) Edward MacCabe 1816 - 1885 1885 - 1921 William Joseph Walsh 1841 - 1921 1921 - 1940 Edward J. Byrne 1872 - 1940 1940 - 1972 John Charles McQuaid 1895 - 1973 __________________________________________________________________________________TUAM
The Diocese of Tuam was erected ca 550. It became an Archdiocese in 1152. Archbishops 1834 - 1881 John MacHale 1791 - 1881 1881 - 1902 John MacEvilly 1818 - 1902 1903 - 1918 John Healy 1841 - 1918 1918 - 1939 Thomas P. Gilmartin 1861 - 1939 1940 - 1969 Joseph Walsh 1888 - 1972
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