Example sentences of "of the church of ireland " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that the inner core of local church laity , such as select vestry members of the Church of Ireland and presbyterian elders , provided and still provide one of the links between the material and spiritual interests of the groups in the alliance , as these laity were and are active in the business and commercial fields also . |
| 2 | When placed alongside the house of laity in the synod of the Church of Ireland , the power of the laity in church decision-making , including statements on political ethics and positions on public local issues , is quite considerable . |
| 3 | The problem for the Free Presbyterians is that the fraternal orders have always seen themselves as linking the broad Protestant religious tradition with the main unionist party , hence the common arrangement of Orange Lodges holding their annual church parades at each of the Church of Ireland , Presbyterian , and Methodist churches in turn . |
| 4 | While Robinson was involved with Paisley and McQuade in the demonstrations against the invitation of Charles Haughey , then the Republic 's Prime Minister , to the enthronement of the Church of Ireland Primate in Armagh in May 1980 , he has not been a conspicuous street demonstrator . |
| 5 | Most of the Church of Ireland cathedral was nineteenth century also , including the tall spire . |
| 6 | A tower loomed over the roofless mansion , and beyond it , the spire of the Church of Ireland could be seen . |
| 7 | The Vestry books of the Church of Ireland parish go back to 1773 and until 1870 all those present at Vestry meetings signed the minutes . |
| 8 | The Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church , the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church , the Archbishop of the Church of Ireland and the President of the Methodist Church asked to meet the secretary of state as a deputation . |
| 9 | There was no inclination to compromise on either side ; the Bishop thereupon declared that the thirty-six livings of the Church of Ireland held by the Presbyterian ministers were vacant because they had not been episcopally ordained . |
| 10 | In the Preface he described the superstitions of the Irish peasantry and the rigid hold on them of the Roman Catholic priests , who used all means to confine them to the Irish language , lest if they learnt English they might converse with members of the Church of Ireland or attend its services . |
| 11 | Throughout his life he was a committed member of the Church of Ireland , giving generously to local charities . |
| 12 | On May 17 , 1990 , the general synod of the Church of Ireland voted in favour of the ordination of women as priests and bishops . |
| 13 | People from both sides of the south Armagh border are being invited and a special preacher will be Dr William Marshall , vice principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College , Dublin . |
| 14 | It has been organised by Creggan Historical Society and the vice-principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College in Dublin , Dr William Marshall , is to deputise for Bishop Gerry Clifford , who is ill . |