Thank you for Patricia for explaining it Rgds Charlotte On Sunday, February 29, 2004, at 11:40 AM, Patricia wrote: > Charlotte, > > The 'Established Church' is sometimes referred to in records as 'EC'. > This > is the Church of Ireland in Irish records and the Church of England in > English records. They all refer to the same denomination that is > known in > the USA as the Episcopal Church or Anglican Church. > > In Ireland [in the 1700 and 1800's at least] the Church of Ireland > a/k/a > Established Church were referred to as Protestants. The other > denominations were known by their individual names: Methodist; Quaker; > Plymouth Brethren; Presbyterian; Seceder Presbyterian, etc. > > Nowadays, the term 'Protestant' is an umbrella term for all the above. > > The Established Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, not > Anglican/Episcopal. > > Patricia > > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN >