Presbyterianism

====Ireland====

Presbyterianism ({{lang-ga|Preispitéireachas}}, {{lang-sco|label=[[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster Scots]]|Prisbytairinism}}) is the largest Protestant denomination in [[Northern Ireland]] and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after the [[Anglican]] [[Church of Ireland]]),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiprop |first1=Victor |title=Religion Demographics Of Northern Ireland |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/religion-demographics-of-northern-ireland.html#:~:text=%20Religion%20Demographics%20of%20Northern%20Ireland%20%201,religion%20of%20Northern%20Ireland.%20It%20is...%20More%20 |website=www.worldatlas.com |date=16 April 2019 |publisher=World Facts |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> and was brought by Scottish [[Plantation of Ulster|plantation settlers]] to [[Ulster]] who had been strongly encouraged to emigrate by James VI of Scotland, also [[James I of England|James I of Ireland and England]]. An estimated 100,000 Scottish Presbyterians moved to the northern counties of Ireland between 1607 and the [[Battle of the Boyne]] in 1690.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} The Presbytery of Ulster was formed in 1642 separately from the established Anglican Church. Presbyterians, along with [[Catholic]]s in Ulster and the rest of Ireland, suffered under the discriminatory [[Penal Laws against Irish Catholics|Penal Laws]] until they were revoked in the early 19th century. Presbyterianism is represented in Ireland by the [[Presbyterian Church in Ireland]], the [[Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland]], the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]], the [[Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland]] and the [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Ireland)|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]].