Church of Ireland

Armagh Cathedral

The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireann, pronounced [ˈaɡlˠəʃ n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]; Ulster-Scots: Kirk o Airlann, [kɪrk ə ˈerlən(d)]) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous member church of the Anglican Communion. It is the second largest church on the island of Ireland after the Roman Church. Like all other Anglican churches it retains the episcopate and divides the island into two provinces, the Province of Armagh and the Province of Dublin. The church is present in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.