Are the Catholics of Ireland of Celtic origin & Protestants Saxon, English etc origin?

Question

I mean Theobald Wolfe Tone was Protestant right, so that means he had Saxon, Norman, Germanic ancestry right? so then how come he went against the British, how did some Irish become Prostestants & some Catholic if not all the Celtic irish are Catholics?

Answer 1

Celtic bog bodies proved the Celts settled in Ireland.

These are similar to european celtic finds.

Yes the Celts did settle in Ireland.

You have asked this question before, the answer is a yes and a no. some catholics were forced to convert, the normans were catholic and adopted irish customs and married irish people. In fact it is said they became more like the irish than the irish themselves. Genetic studies have shown that the saxons and the normans came from a tribe of danish vikings.

You have to remember that the Welsh are also a celtic nation, as are parts of cornwall, and brittany in france as well as scotland and Ireland. Being Celtic has nothing to do with religion as the celts had their own religion.It is more about a specific region. England is not a celtic nation, but there are Celts living there.

Also wolfe tones mother was catholic,

Because you are still stuck with associating catholics with irish and protestants with english, you will never get the bigger picture.

Here is a quote from the "irish born" Duke of wellington, "just because I was born in a stable it dosent make me a Donkey". Its not an exact quote but it sums up the question you asked.

Answer 2

He might have been a Protestant, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a nationalist.  He was Irish, not British.  He believed all Irish people, regardless of religion, should come together to fight for independence.  (And by the way, there's no archaeological evidence to suggest that the Celts ever settled in Ireland.)

The word "Celt" was coined by a linguist who wanted to describe the relationship between the languages in Ireland, Wales, Brittany etc.  He got this word from the ancient Greeks who described the other tribes of Europe "keltoi".  What distinguishes the people that lived on the European continent (where Celts are considered to be from) with those in Ireland is that the European people were buried with chariots.  Nothing of this kind has been found here yet.  There was definitely contact with the continent due to similarities in art and weaponry, but it's not certain that the Celts ever settled in Ireland.  Sorry about the length of that

Answer 3

The Catholics are of Irish/Celtic origin

Protestants are of Scotish and English origin.

Wolfe Tone hated England and wanted more unity between Irish Catholics and Protestants.

Some Irish succumbed to the English and became protestants.

Answer 4

surely the vast majortity of celtic (ie original inhabitants of Ireland) are Catholics

the Protestants are descendants of the English (actually predominantly Scottish) settlers who settled mostly in the north in the 16th and 17th centuries

this has always been my understanding of it anyway

a Protestant went against the British? maybe he just didnt like the way they were running Ireland/Northern Ireland (how long ago was this?)