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These are names 1-500 on NotMe.ie, together with the people’s reasons for symbolically defecting from the Catholic Church (or any other church). You can read other names and reasons at the links below.

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(Bernard) Jonathan Gilhooly
11th February 2017
Reason I fundamentally oppose the values and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
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A K 47
11th August 2015
Reason Read the bible for myself.
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Aaron Buggle
3rd March 2016
Reason Have absolutely no beliefs in the catholism.
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Aaron Fogl
8th June 2019
Reason As a child I was not given a choice by my mind death parents. I HATE the craplick church, and removed myself as soon as I could. I will never be of them, as I am of my father, and the sins of my father I will do…
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Aaron Roche
28th April 2022
Reason Non-belief, don’t agree with the church or it’s views – abuse of powers constantly
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Aaron Ryan
4th February 2021
Reason Non-believer
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Ada Muszalska
28th May 2020
Reason Lack of belief and opinions about the institution
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Adam Barrett
8th January 2016
Reason No longer believe
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adam coll
28th November 2018
Reason I was baptised, put through communion and confirmation without understanding what i was joining, and i no longer want to be a part of this.
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Adam Feerick
13th October 2017
Reason I do not believe in God it the fact that this religion had been shoved down my throat for the past 14 years of my life. I have never had an interest in religion.
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Adam Henson
24th November 2018
Reason Against religion.
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Adam IsNoLongercatholic
17th March 2021
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Adam Moore
23rd February 2016
Reason Not in alignment with Catholicism
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Adrian Bravo
13th November 2018
Reason I reject nonsense. The only link I want to have with any church is watching Ted Crilly singing in Eurovision.
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Adrian Cubbin
11th March 2018
Reason I have had no belief in gods or supernatural powers for over 30 years. Therefore, I do not wish to be counted as a Catholic for the justification of doctrines, ideas, beliefs and misguided/repugnant/immoral acts of the Catholic Church. I want to make it clear that none of what they teach or do is done in my name..
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Adrian Flatley
30th May 2018
Reason I’m an atheist.
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Adrine de Souza
15th August 2019
Reason I don’t want to be part of a group that controls peoples lives using lies and punishment. That filled me with fear of burning in hell when I was just a kid. I came to age to realized that was all a big bullshit. That enriches some in the Vatican.
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Aidan Bergin
30th December 2019
Reason Non believer
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Aidan Doherty
4th January 2018
Reason I want no association with an organisation like the Catholic Church.
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Aidan Fitzgerald
2nd June 2018
Reason Two many reasons to list! Tried defecting officially years ago but it was not accepted by the church. I don’t want to be a part of an institution that believes in magical thinking and forces its draconian opinions and ideas on others, let alone an organisation that has been, and continues to, cover up horrific crimes that have been carried out by the fanatical and degenerate members of society that the church seems to produce.
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Aidan Fitzsimons
26th January 2016
Reason Atheist
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Aidan Griffin
9th August 2015
Reason Never asked
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Aidan Healy
13th March 2018
Reason I do not believe in any god. It’s potentially a reassuring idea but I see no reason to believe it’s true. I resent the catholic church claiming any association with me or support by me. It has none.
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Aidan Long
26th March 2018
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Aidan O Connor
21st August 2018
Reason I didn’t consent to being baptised, wasn’t given choices about my beliefs, was forced through the various ceremonies and do not agree with the teachings of the catholic church. Ireland would be a happier, safer place without the catholic church. Count me out!
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aidan o mahony
9th August 2015
Reason do not believe in any of it
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Aidan O’Flanagan
9th August 2015
Reason Athiest status
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Aideen Barry
28th May 2018
Reason I cannot stand this organisation, its contempt of women & children, its unethical influence in education & health especially.
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Aideen Devlin
10th March 2017
Reason I no longer identify as any religion. I don’t want to be counted as a Catholic.
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Aideen Feeney
22nd December 2018
Reason Evil organisation. No explanation needed…
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Aideen O\’Sullivan
10th March 2017
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Ailbhe O’Nolan
9th August 2015
Reason The church is a criminal group of bigots
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Aileen Connors
3rd July 2017
Reason Church scandals and abuse
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Ailish Farragher
10th August 2015
Reason Am a Wiccan
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Aimee Crawford
24th August 2020
Reason I didn’t have a choice in my religion and no longer want to identify with the Church
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Aimee Mangan
13th November 2023
Reason Atheist
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Áine Gannon
9th August 2015
Reason Not a believer in any deity. I was baptised without consent as a child.
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Áine Ní Mhaoláin
26th May 2017
Reason Morally, I cannot be associated with an institution that is complicit in the abuse of children, women and vulnerable adults.
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Aine O’Connell
27th August 2018
Reason Not following the Catholic Church anymore. No interest in being part of a religion that disagrees with fundamental values that are very important to me.
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Aisling Dunne
2nd July 2020
Reason Non believer and do not want to be part of the Catholic Church
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Aisling Furlong (nee corbett)
27th August 2018
Reason i am an atheist. I was baptised without consent.
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Aisling Gormley
24th February 2023
Reason It’s not true.
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Aisling Moran
15th July 2018
Reason I do not believe in the organization or what they believe in & I do not want to be part of it.
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Aisling O’ Keeffe
10th August 2015
Reason I never chose to join the Catholic faith and I don’t believe in any aspect of it.
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Aisling O’Shea
23rd May 2018
Reason even though the primary and post primary schools i have atteneded in the past and at the moment are catholic , my parents and family members are catholic and it has been the way i was raised catholisism isnt a religouse path i want to persue in my lifetime as it in not somthing i belive in or support . After doing a substantale amount of research and hearing stories and with the upcoming reforendom , the cattholic church is not somthing i want to asosiate myself with
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Aisling ORourke
6th February 2022
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Aisling O\’Connor
25th July 2019
Reason I do not believe in God
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Aisling Quinn
5th March 2017
Reason Tuam babies
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Alan Browne
9th August 2015
Reason It’s a load of crap
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Alan Buckley
30th May 2018
Reason Atheism
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Alan Carroll
31st August 2015
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Alan Clabby
18th August 2018
Reason Dont want to be connected to child rapists
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Alan Delahunty
19th March 2017
Reason Believe in Science
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Alan Dunne
4th November 2015
Reason No belief in God or the Catholic church and I see their continued existence in my society as an evil
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Alan Early
30th May 2015
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Alan Egan
16th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Alan Farrell
16th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Alan Flanagan
21st June 2022
Reason I do not believe in (any) God, and the Catholic Church is morally bankrupt institution.
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Alan Gray
11th July 2017
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Alan Kavanagh
1st February 2016
Reason Can`t justify innocent kids being killed in war, around the World. What sort of God is that?! ETC ….
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Alan Landy
16th August 2015
Reason Non believer
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Alan Lowney
2nd June 2018
Reason I’ve just heard the story on the radio about adoption and I’ve had enough. Never stepping inside a church again.
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Alan McCahey
13th August 2018
Reason Religion has way too much power and influence.
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Alan McCormac
29th May 2018
Reason Athiest
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Alan Mooney
6th May 2017
Reason i no longer have any faith
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Alan Murphy
19th July 2016
Reason Don’t believe in the bullshit
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Alan Murphy
30th May 2018
Reason I never chose a religion. I do not want to be part of a religion. I believe that morality is a natural human condition and does not require an affiliation with any religious order. It feels good to be kind and to love and I don’t or never have needed anyone to teach me that.
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Alan Murphy
14th January 2021
Reason Catholic Church activities, abuse and arrogance
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Alan Myler
17th August 2015
Reason Athiest
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Alan Wolfe
16th August 2015
Reason I am not a catholic. I was baptised and indoctrinated without any say in the matter. I am now old enough to express an opinion and I have no need to be part of a group that believes in superstitious nonsense.
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Alana Hogan
13th January 2021
Reason I believe that the Catholic Church is a disgrace, and me being born into a religious institution that willingly covers up the horrors that they were blatantly apart of is disgusting and does not represent me or align with my own morals. I don’t want to be apart of what they represent.
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Alanna Fitzpatrick Hyland
27th August 2018
Reason I am an atheist
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Alannah Stritch
3rd May 2019
Reason I dont support or agree with this organization and didn’t give consent to being baptized into it.
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Albert John Walsh
27th August 2018
Reason Atheist
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Albert Smith
16th August 2015
Reason The Catholic Church is an arrogant, self-delusional power structure which needs to be dismantled and rendered harmless.
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Albyrne
12th May 2015
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Alec Jambois
21st September 2019
Reason Child sex crimes
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Alex Donald
1st April 2020
Reason Child sexual abuse, misogyny, gross accumulation of wealth, lack of real charity.
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Alex Griffin
27th August 2018
Reason Disgusted at abuse of women, pedophilia, exclusion of minorities, selling and mass burying babies
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Alexandra Hagel
2nd February 2016
Reason These records go against all of my beliefs and values as a human. I believe that the Catholic Church’s core values surround negativity and I do not wish for these records to reflect that I support this inhumanity.
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Alfie Johnstone
29th August 2018
Reason I never go to church or I don’t care about religion and i do not believe in it
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Alfie Johnstone
25th September 2018
Reason Don’t want to be part of a disgusting organisation
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Alfonso Adolfo Gomez
12th September 2018
Reason Dissapointment with the way Catholicism handles LGBT Community and how it covered up years of abuse by priests by transfering them around.
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Alfonso Armenta
18th March 2017
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Alice Walsh
5th March 2017
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Alicia MacMahon
10th August 2017
Reason I no longer practice Catholicism
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Alicia Miguens
19th December 2019
Reason Catholic Church does not represent my faith in God.
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Alison Bear
17th April 2017
Reason free from cannon law
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Alma Bojorquez
29th July 2021
Reason Shame on the church for all the abuses. God is not present in this religion.
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ALTHEA Lonergan
7th January 2019
Reason I never chose to be part of this religion. I disagree with its teachings.
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Alva Nic Gabhann
24th August 2018
Reason I can’t stand to be a part of an institution that protects corrupt men. I can’t be a part of a group that attempt to suppress my rights in the 21st century, I cannot be a part of a corrupt church, who has hurt so many people.
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Alyson Bagnall
28th August 2018
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Alyssa Mai Byrne
13th January 2021
Reason I condemn the Catholic Church and all that it stands for.
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Alysse Jacobs
7th January 2016
Reason I am an atheist
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Amanda Cameron
12th December 2023
Reason Not a catholic
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Amanda Cullen
29th March 2016
Reason I do not choose Catholicism.
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Amanda Moloney
26th August 2018
Reason I would never knowingly consent to being a recorded member of this organisation. I didn’t at 6 weeks old and I don’t now.
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Amelia Ahlert
2nd May 2022
Reason I do not believe in God. I do not support the actions of the Catholic church. I do not support sexism, homophobia, or pedophilia which the catholic church promotes. I support bodily autonomy, which the Catholic church actively discourages through physically violating children and other church members, and harassing women excercising their right to abortion.
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Amelia Diccox English
8th January 2023
Reason I’m now a practicing pagan
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Amy Kate O’Mahony
10th March 2018
Reason Fundamental disagreement with doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and organisational decisions, past and present
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Amy Manning
21st December 2017
Reason Don’t believe
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Amy McCarthy
7th October 2017
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Amy Murphy
30th July 2017
Reason Do not agree with the teachings of catholic church
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Anastatia Doyle
19th July 2017
Reason This church is corrupt and evil and should be torn to the ground. It does not mirror my beliefs – hey! It doesn’t even mirror it’s own beliefs. Hypocrites and liars.
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Andrea Francis
3rd October 2015
Reason I do not believe in religion, and I am against a lot of the teachings of the Catholic Church, and I was never asked if I wanted to join in the first place.
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Andrea McCaffrey
17th August 2015
Reason The whole thing is a sick cult like institution that systematically abused children and covered it up. Non belief in any of their complete bullshit.
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Andrea O’Neill
22nd June 2018
Reason I have been an atheist for more than 30 years but the church’s stance in the recent referendum sickened and in particular their attitude afterwards sickened me. Also I think it is a disgrace that so mach tax payers money is being spent on a papal visit.
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Andrea Purcell
18th March 2017
Reason I do not associate with or believe in the Catholic Church either as an organisation or as a belief system, and I am unimpressed to have been registered into this Church before I was old enough to have made that decision for myself.
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Andrew
28th May 2015
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Andrew Bollard
1st December 2015
Reason I am now a more or less convinced atheist
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Andrew Byrne
3rd March 2017
Reason I dont want any affiliations with it
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Andrew Donal Harty
23rd August 2016
Reason I have not practised Catholicism since 1988. I became a Born-again Christian in 1991.
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Andrew Edmonds
3rd October 2023
Reason I detest everything the catholic church stands for as an organisation
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Andrew Keating
11th June 2023
Reason Do not believe in Catholic teaching.
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Andrew Kiely
5th August 2016
Reason I was brainwashed in the believe of a religion from my birth and childhood. I was not given a choice, which I believe goes against my human rights. Now I am a man, I now longer believe in your view of religion.
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Andrew Knightley
27th September 2016
Reason Not Catholic
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andrew ledwith
13th January 2017
Reason I am an athiest
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andrew mooney
16th August 2015
Reason Common sense
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Andrew Neylon
28th May 2018
Reason I believe the Catholic Church to be a breeding ground of hate, greed and power. I have no belief in any of their teachings and do not want to be associated with this hypocritical organization any longer.
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Andrew Old
10th September 2018
Reason I never ever believed, and I’d really rather not be counted as a member of this money-grubbing paedophile institution
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Andrew Williams
17th November 2015
Reason Strongly anti-theist
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Andy Bartley
18th August 2020
Reason Many reasons
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Angela Butterly
22nd October 2015
Reason Lack of faith
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Angela Byrne
3rd September 2017
Reason I have never been a believer & was baptised as an infant, before being able to consent. Even as a small child, I never believed the lies and was shaken by the bullying and scare tactics used by the parish priest, brainwashed teachers, and fearful classmates. The Catholic Church has destroyed countless lives. It is fundamentally patriarchal, anti-woman, and anti-equality in all respects. It is an institution based on fear and social control. People close to me have suffered greatly at its hands. It is time to stop the poisoning of young hearts and minds and loosen their grip of fear to create an open, fair and just society. Count me out from your numbers, pope – you have no claim to my mind, my heart, or my moral life.
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angie clissold
18th December 2015
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Anita Davidson
12th March 2018
Reason I don’t believe
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Anita Kumnig
16th January 2021
Reason Feel brainwashed, disillusioned and Catholic church are a bunch of hypocrites
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Ann De Mey
15th July 2016
Reason Don’t believe in the church or God
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Ann Donovan
22nd September 2020
Reason No longer believe what they teach
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Ann Malcolm
29th May 2018
Reason Catholic Church’s hatred of women
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Ann Mcloughlin
20th February 2020
Reason I don’t believe in it
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Ann Melvin
18th September 2016
Reason I do not support how women have been written out of religious history and i do not agree with nor support how Catholicism has evolved. I believe it goes against the word of God and is therefore blasfimous.
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Ann St leger
10th August 2017
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Anna Booth
9th August 2015
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Anna Claire O’Connor
26th October 2017
Reason My utter disgust with the hypocrisy, misogyny and unwillingness to change displayed by the Catholic Church.
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Anna Field
21st April 2020
Reason I do not believe in God, the Catholic Church or any organised religion
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Anna Grace
26th August 2018
Reason non religious
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Anna Hyland
28th May 2017
Reason The church is money hungry and liars.
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Anna Monaghan
16th April 2019
Reason cant be bothered
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Anna O’Donnell-Nugent
26th December 2015
Reason Not practicing Catholic
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Anne Buckley
28th February 2021
Reason I was baptised aged 2 days old, my Mother was not allowed into the church with me unless she was “churched” first, which she refused to do. I was brought to church services as a child and could only avail of education if I attended church. I do feel, and have never felt, any association with the beliefs of the church. I was also abused by a member of the church albeit one time only, it has affected my life. My beliefs are science and fact based, and believe people have the right to be who they are and not be influenced by the teachings of the misogynistic, homophobic Catholic Church.
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Anne Cuddihy
9th July 2018
Reason I absolutely abhor the stranglehold the catholic church still has on this country. It’s stance on many things is totally contradictory to my own feelings on them and the historic abuse is disgusting. I believe that anyone who calls themselves catholic is in their own way condoning the behaviour of the church. You can’t say “ah but they’re not all the same” and put your hands over your ears to pretend that none of this has happened. It’s time to take a stand. My children are not baptised. I want nothing to do with the church.
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Anne Hession
10th August 2015
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Anne Hetherington
9th September 2018
Reason I don’t believe & haven’t practised for over 30 years. It wasn’t my choice & the institution of the church is rotten & the opposite of what it’s supposed to be. I respect people with faith who live good lives but it’s not for me. I wish this could be a formal act but seeing as the church has removed that right from me I’m glad I have the option to defect symbolically. I’m not an atheist but I am most definitely not Catholic
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Anne Marie Burke
4th June 2016
Reason I do not identify in any shape or form with the Catholic Church or its teachings.
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anne marie casey
14th March 2018
Reason I do not want to be part of something so outdated, misogynistic & homophobic.
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Anne Marie Prendergast
12th September 2018
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Anne Marie Prendergast
29th August 2022
Reason Pedophilia in the Catholic Church. Misogyny in the Catholic Church. Child abuse in the Catholic Church. Corruption and theft and rape and everything that represents that deplorable organisation
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Anne MCCARTHY
20th August 2018
Reason I do not believe, and even if I did I would rather espouse another entity than the Catholic church. Their crimes, oppression and corruption have tainted their gospel irrevocably.
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Anne McManus
12th August 2018
Reason I’m an aestheist GET ME OUT OF HERE !
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Anne Rezac
20th June 2018
Reason Athiesm
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Anne Shanahan
25th August 2015
Reason I am not nor was I ever a Catholic, I do not conform nor believe in the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
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Anne Tannam
20th March 2017
Reason The Catholic Church is a corrupt and fundamentally flawed institution that has failed to respect and adhere to the teachings of its founder. Any organisation that systematically supports abuse and fails to accept responsibility for the actions of its clerics, denies equal rights and opportunties to one gender is not worthy to be called sacred or holy.
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Anne-Marie McCullagh
9th July 2018
Reason Will not be involved in an organisation that covers up child abuse, sees homosexuality as evil and controls women. Goodbye.
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Annemarie OBrien
3rd March 2017
Reason I despise all organised religion
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Annemarie Tierney
13th September 2018
Reason Systemic abuse to women and children
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AnnemarieF
9th August 2015
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Annie Murphy
18th January 2021
Reason Child abuse
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Anthony Clavin
2nd October 2015
Reason The church is evil
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Anthony Halpin
19th August 2018
Reason Its a perverted cult to which I never voluntarily subscribed in the first place.
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Anthony Kenny
12th March 2017
Reason too many to list
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Anthony McCabe
10th August 2015
Reason I’m an Atheist
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anthony nolan
10th August 2015
Reason never chose to be catholic… was forced as a baby.
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Anthony O’Leary
21st January 2019
Reason Don’t believe in afterlife therefore cannot believe in any religion. Catholic Chirch contol of Irish education is wrong
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Anthony O’Riordan
16th August 2015
Reason It’s been fifty years since my last confession
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Anthony Tennyson
8th May 2023
Reason I no longer want to be catholic
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Antonio Earwaker
2nd August 2016
Reason I believe religeon to be fictional, and the catholic church to be a cesspool of sexual deviants with a prolific history of abuse against minors.
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Aoibhin Quinn
5th August 2017
Reason Because the church does not represent me or my beliefs and has not done so since I was 12, and I’m tired of people assuming I believe in any of this nonsense.
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Aoife Berenger
17th August 2015
Reason The churches archaic view on their role in society.
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Aoife Cassidy
15th September 2016
Reason I do not want to be associated with the Catholic Church.
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Aoife Dunne
9th September 2018
Reason Disgust with the catholic institution. No religious affiliation at all.
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Aoife Giblin
9th May 2018
Reason Too educated to be a member of a disgusting cult
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Aoife Gordon
19th December 2017
Reason The treatment of the Catholic church of the women and children under their rule was deplorable. I don’t want to be associated with a church where bullying, harassement, beatings and sexual abuse are common place. I am embarrassed to be called a catholic and to be assoicated with the monsters that worked ‘in God’s name’.
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Aoife Leonard
15th October 2018
Reason I do not, nor have I ever, followed the teachings of the Catholic Church. I also believe their teachings to be abhorrently discriminatory against women.
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Aoife McDarby
9th July 2018
Reason Don’t believe in God, and the Catholic Church has done despicable things to women and children in Ireland and still has too much control
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Aoife McHugh
27th May 2018
Reason I have a daughter and chose not to baptise her. I want her and I to be the same. I do not believe in organised religion and being an unwed mother in Ireland I have very strong feelingfeelonhs towards the treatment of women like myself in recent history in this country and would like to distance myself and my family from their tainted organisation entirely.
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Aoife Murphy
5th July 2018
Reason I am an atheist. I believe paedophiles, child abusers and those protecting them should serve prison sentences.
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Aoife Nolan
10th March 2018
Reason Don’t believe in God and clerical abuse
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Aoife O Shea
28th August 2020
Reason No longer want to be associated
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Aoife Read
25th June 2018
Reason I do not believe in the Christian religion
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Aran McMahon
26th March 2020
Reason I don’t believe their doctrine
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Artem Eremin
17th August 2015
Reason Scientific viewpoint.
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Ashleigh King
13th January 2021
Reason Values completely a odds with my own. Deeds not words : Church abuse. Separate church and state.
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Ashley Frank
13th October 2017
Reason Tired of the fear & control
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Ashling Golden
15th July 2017
Reason I just don’t believe or support
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Ashling O’Brien
9th August 2015
Reason atheist
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Audrey Burdon
24th April 2016
Reason I am a Humanist and have been since 1998. Catholicism was my parents choice, not mine
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Audrey Foley
19th March 2017
Reason I do not want to be part of a group that has and continues to commit atrocities.
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Audrey Moore
23rd August 2015
Reason I do not consider myself Catholic nor do I believe in God, Christmas or the teachings of the Catholic church
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Aurélien Burlot
19th August 2018
Reason Do not associate with this cult
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Austin Browne
26th October 2016
Reason fairytales and make believe
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Ava Grace Egan
1st December 2020
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Ava Hennessy
22nd October 2019
Reason Do not believe in the teachings or ways of the Catholic Church I also do not agree with the bible and their interpretation of it
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ava hennessy
12th March 2023
Reason I think the catholic church supports discrimination, Child molestation and anti LGBTQIA+ rights. I am now a lesbian who practises witchcraft.
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AvaMay Falconer
24th December 2018
Reason Don’t agree with teachings, methods or beliefs of the church.
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Avril Doyle
6th March 2017
Reason Don’t identify as Catholic anymore
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Ayla Rennick
17th March 2021
Reason Don’t believe in their faith nor do I agree with their views on gay marriage .
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B R
7th July 2021
Reason Have been attending Church of Ireland for last 20 years and am not a Roman Catholic nor do I wish to be associated with this church.
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barbara ann browne
17th November 2015
Reason Born Atheist
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Barbara Hughes
17th August 2015
Reason I no longer consider myself a catholic and haven’t for many years. I do not wish to be part of this corrupt organisation any more. If I could officially defect, I absolutely would.
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Barra Darcy
17th January 2021
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Barrie Creamer
16th August 2015
Reason It isn’t defecting. It’s removing a shackles.
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Barry Fadden
26th May 2018
Reason Not a believer
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Barry Fitzgerald
15th February 2016
Reason Atheist and free
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Barry Hamilton
19th July 2021
Reason Ethical opposition to an outdated institution whose main priority is its self preservation over the welfare of its indoctrinated “members”. A particularly dark stain in our struggle against all oppression in Ireland.
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Barry Kavanagh
14th January 2021
Reason I am no longer a practicing Catholic and wish to defect.
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Barry MacMahon
29th July 2018
Reason I was baptised without consent. The church has done nothing but damage to my community and country. The church has stunted my personal development. The church has abused children in my community. The church has hindered the education of the people of my country and community. The church has profited parasitically from my country and community. The parish priest where I grew up drove brand new sports cars and abused children. Yes that is documented.
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Barry Mangan
19th August 2018
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Barry Slattery
16th August 2015
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Barry Walsh
20th August 2015
Reason Because I choose to live in a logical and more open-minded world, and would like to seperate from this man-made construction.
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Basil Long
31st August 2018
Reason I am and always have been a devoted Atheist. I believe in reasoning and common sense not fairy tales and fiction.
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Beatrice O’Connell
15th January 2021
Reason too many, even my parents didn’t choose to have me baptised
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Bébhinn Hurley
22nd September 2017
Reason Religion is a man made cult, created by a mortal being. I do not believe in any God or any cult.
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Belle Mccabe
9th March 2018
Reason I do not wish to be a part of an oppressive controlling church. I do not have faith and consider myself an atheist
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Ben Finnegan
11th September 2017
Reason It was not my choice to be baptised and counted as Catholic. I no longer want to be counted as Catholic.
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Ben Fraser
12th August 2015
Reason Reason and morality
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Ben McCormick
6th August 2018
Reason I was not asked if I wanted to be in a cult religon.
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ben mcdonagh
17th December 2015
Reason i simply do not believe in god any more
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Ben McHugh
9th August 2015
Reason Do not Believe in God
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Ben O’Dwyer
9th November 2020
Reason Only baptist because parents thought it was required for school admission
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Benn Kavanagh
13th August 2022
Reason Woke up to the centuries of lies and brainwashing in my teens but only now want to (un)officially put it all behind me, finally!
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Bernadette Shaw
7th November 2018
Reason The Catholic Church is a corrupt, criminal, misogynistic empire that I want no association with
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Bernard Boyer de Choisy
22nd October 2018
Reason Churches and religion are no more relevant nowadays, they tell stories from the past to protect themselves and to teach human lies.
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Bill
24th July 2021
Reason I don’t agree with all of the Church teachings
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bill denby
4th November 2015
Reason Never beloved, parents baptised me. Not my choice.
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bill mulqueen
16th August 2015
Reason agnostic for 56 years
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Blaine Treacy
1st July 2017
Reason Non belief
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Brandon Lamorena
24th March 2018
Reason Listening to reason instead of superstition.
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Brandon Sharkey
20th September 2018
Reason I do not believe in any God whatsoever.
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Brenda Minnock
23rd July 2022
Reason It is my right to disassociate myself.
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Brendan Coyle
8th March 2017
Reason Everything it’s done, basically.
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Brendan Crowe
30th September 2016
Reason athiest and also the actions of the church
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Brendan Duffy
10th August 2015
Reason I am an atheist and I do not wish to be associated with the catholic church, or any other religious organisation.
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Brendan Feeney
20th September 2017
Reason Non-believer
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Brendan Hoare
25th August 2017
Reason I am an Atheist!
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Brendan McGillicuddy
11th August 2015
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Brendan McGinley
29th March 2018
Reason Became an atheist
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Brendan Murray
11th March 2017
Reason Tuam Babies
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Brian
21st July 2016
Reason I am an Athiest and never wanted to be part of the Catholic Church.
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Brian (Edward) Cunningham
15th August 2015
Reason I don’t believe in an interventionist God, or any type of God for that matter. I also wish in no way to be associated with the atrocities committed on children by the clergy and facilitated by church authorities.
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Brian Ahern
1st May 2016
Reason I was baptised with out my consent and understanding , Catholism is not in line with my views and beliefs.
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Brian Cavanagh
15th January 2021
Reason The lukewarm apology for child abuse. Refusal to allow women to have an equal role. Discrimation against gay and trans people. Rediculous laws on celibacy.
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Brian Cawley
12th June 2016
Reason Distain for the churches actions
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Brian Corr
1st May 2018
Reason Simply don’t want to be a part of the hypocrisy anymore
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Brian Dunne
10th August 2015
Reason N/A
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Brian Flanagan
26th November 2017
Reason I do not agree with the RCC manipulation of Irish families and values throughout the years. People need to WAKE UP and realise that the clergy are criminals. I am delighted that this organisation exists, no clergy member is going to tell me how to live my life.
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Brian Horgan
13th November 2016
Reason Don’t identify with the church
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Brian Keogh
10th August 2015
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Brian Leonard
16th August 2015
Reason Athiest
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BRIAN MC CABE
12th January 2021
Reason I have decided the religion Nazism makes more sense. Hail
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Brian Mc Dermott
19th March 2017
Reason I woke up many years ago!
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Brian McCarthy
16th August 2015
Reason Have not practiced Catholicism for 40 years. Time to defect
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Brian Mccormack
28th August 2018
Reason I don’t believe in god, Jesus or the Bible. I do not want anything to do with an institution that harbors or has a history of child abuse, discrimination against women, the LGBT community, rights to abortions or the suppression of indigenous peoples or nations. Or being part of a religion that thinks it is superior to other religions or non religious groups and is willing to kill or imprision or suppress in order to spread it’s beliefs.
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Brian McMahon
17th August 2015
Reason No belief in any religion.
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Brian New
18th April 2016
Reason No longer believe/support or encourage the Catholic religion.
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Brian Ó Loinsigh
14th August 2015
Reason Do not believe in God.
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Brian O’Gorman
16th August 2015
Reason I’m an atheist
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Brian O’Malley
7th March 2017
Reason non belief in supernatural beings
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Brian O’Sullivan
17th August 2015
Reason I am not a Catholic
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Brian Poole
9th August 2015
Reason atheism
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Brian Rochford
28th May 2018
Reason I do not identify as a Catholic and disagree wholeheartedly on the views of the Catholic Church on most matters.
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Brian Walsh
9th March 2017
Reason I do not practice Catholicism. I do not support the archaic world views of the church. I do not support the restriction of womens rights championed by the church. I do not support the abuses of the church or the murder of babies (which they have shown no real culpability for). I actively reject Catholicism and its teachings around sin. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt!
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Brian Walsh
5th February 2020
Reason Incompatible views many topics, absolute non-belief in associated theology
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Brian Wrenn
11th June 2021
Reason I don’t subscribe to any religion
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Bríd McGrath
19th November 2021
Reason Clerical child sex abuse
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Brid Ryan
27th August 2018
Reason I cannot be counted among a Church that not only doesn’t represent me but who I oppose at the most basic, fundamental levels. The pain and hardship the Catholic Church has inflicted on Ireland is appalling and I no longer want to be tied to it in anyway.
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Bridget Carlin
12th February 2017
Reason I am a rationalist & belief in the incompetent, self seeking god of the Abrahamic religions in anathema to me
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Bridget Eileen Madden
27th June 2018
Reason I am a neopagan.
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Brien Doyle
27th August 2018
Reason Not my choice – forced upon me – Don’t believe in lies …
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Bronagh Flanagan
26th December 2018
Reason Hatred of the Catholic church and everything it stands for.
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Bronagh Flanagan
26th January 2022
Reason I hate the Catholic Church and don’t believe in the nonsense
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Bryan Benedetti
30th December 2015
Reason I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures. I denounce the Roman Catholic Pope as one who stands in the stead of Christ. I do not believe in the docrtines of the Roman Catholic Church which contradict the Holy Scriptures, which are the final authority in all matters of this life.
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Bryan Connolly
4th March 2021
Reason Militant Atheism
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Buck13y
6th July 2022
Reason Personal outrage and disgust
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Cahil Shirran
28th November 2016
Reason I do not believe in the practices of Catholicism or any other religion, nor do I believe in a so called “divine being” dictating our lives
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Caitlin Hayes
27th February 2019
Reason Father was abused by a priest. No belief and hate the system
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Callum Hutchings
19th March 2022
Reason Corruption
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Calum Whelan
30th June 2024
Reason No longer a Catholic nor am I religious.
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Caoimhe Carton
7th September 2016
Reason I am an atheist
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Caoimhe Daly
21st June 2018
Reason I didn’t ask to be apart of the Church, my parents picked my religion. And after learning about all of the horrible things that they have done and still do and stand for made me not believe in the faith and God himself anymore. I have felt this way for many years, but growing up in Ireland, being a Catholic is apart of being Irish. Well no more. Today I take a stand for my beliefs and morals and wash my mind, soul and body of this religion and its baggage that comes with being a Catholic. I am free.
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Caoimhe Durkan
14th January 2021
Reason Non believer
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Caoimhe O’Reilly
17th February 2021
Reason Don’t affiliate with what the religion represents
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Caoimhin W
10th March 2018
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Carl eoin Nash
10th August 2015
Reason As I’m gay im seen as unnatural and have been told by a school priest since 4th class to 6th year
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carl jason hanna
28th January 2016
Reason do not believe in the catholic church or religion
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carl wainwright
27th January 2019
Reason On a spiritual journey
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Carla Coleman
23rd August 2015
Reason Atheism, intelligence…
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Carla Kerr
10th March 2017
Reason I am Pagan.
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Carlos Parra
15th January 2022
Reason I want to be a christian
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Carmel Seery
19th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in a God, an after-life or any of the church teachings, I am not catholic
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Carol Acheson
27th June 2021
Reason Don’t believe in God anymore
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Carol Butler
27th October 2016
Reason I was baptised as an infant, without knowledge or understanding of the faith I was being enrolled in. As an adult, I hold no belief in any deity, I do not subscribe to the teachings, doctrines or principles of any religion, and I do not wish to be counted as a member of the Roman Catholic church.
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Carol Hamill
11th August 2015
Reason Atheist / Humanist
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Carol McInerney
9th March 2017
Reason I do not subscribe to Roman Catholic beliefs or practices
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Caroline Kennedy
29th May 2018
Reason I never asked to be indoctrinated and I never believed any of it, not even when I was 6 years old.
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Caroline Kilty
8th December 2018
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Caroline O Riordan
19th August 2018
Reason I don’t believe in anything written in the bible or spouted by the church.
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Caroline Rock
21st March 2017
Reason I believe that religion in general but particularly the Catholic religion is divisive, mysoginistic and has left a trail of systemic destruction in its wake. It is a now defunct way of controlling society and its irrelevancy is becoming more apparent as we evolve as a hopefully more compassionate society. My children have not been baptised into the Catholic Church.
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Caron Littlejohns Brady
20th August 2018
Reason No longer have any respect for Catholic teachings and a lot of anger about sexual cover ups
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Carren Cecilio
18th April 2019
Reason I’ve never had a strong attachment to the church to begin with. And it’s only recently that I’ve decided that I want nothing to do with the church: their nonsense stories down to their unpunished crimes of child molestation. I’m done with this bullshit.
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Cathal Burns
11th December 2020
Reason Fuck the church
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Cathal Finn
10th August 2015
Reason I am not religious and never have been. It is disgraceful that once you are baptised without any say the Catholic church refuse to let you leave.
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Cathal Reilly
16th August 2015
Reason Never chose to join, never had the option to choose to leave. Separate church and state.
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Catherine Clifford
16th August 2015
Reason I don’t believe in God, I don’t believe in organised religion plus the obvious abuses of the Catholic Church. In addition, I believe the state needs to be stopped being influenced by the church now.
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Catherine Ennis
7th March 2017
Reason Atheist and in honour of the Tuam Babies and all women and children abused and murdered by the Catholic Church and State
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Catherine Gaynor
9th March 2017
Reason Not my Church.
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Catherine Gleeson
10th August 2021
Reason Atheist
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Catherine Guerin
26th August 2018
Reason Identify as atheist
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Catherine Insley
26th March 2021
Reason I no longer identify with organised religion, particularly Catholicism. I was baptised against my will as an infant.
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Catherine McCartney
10th August 2015
Reason atheism
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Catherine Murphy
1st July 2019
Reason Religion is for those seeking comfort from the unknown and organised religion is for controlling the masses. I find comfort in science and logic.
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Catherine, Noelle O’Regan
31st July 2016
Reason i do not feel like my values are upheld by the catholic church and now that I am older and can make my own choices, I feel I no longer want to be part of something that those not hold recognise my beliefs
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Cathriona Morgan
19th June 2017
Reason I’m embarrassed to be parthe of such a shameful organisation.
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Cathy Maher
1st September 2021
Reason The institution
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ceara scully
12th March 2018
Reason how can one belong to such a religion
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Cecily Maher
27th August 2018
Reason I no longer want to be counted as a member of an organisation that hurt and hurts so many people. I always hope to treat others as I would like to be treated, the church does not do this
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Ceire O Donoghue
9th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in, nor do I support, the Catholic Church. I was too late with my countmeout.ie registration, so this is as good as I can do.
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Celene Brady
4th January 2017
Reason Non-practicing Catholic
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Celine Halpin
25th June 2018
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Celsus O\’Leary
9th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Cethern Reid
22nd July 2016
Reason Atheist
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Chanelle Clarke
16th August 2022
Reason So many. It hurts my soul that I have a stamp in the form of blessed water licked on by some old thumb that I feel almost everyday. Is a dirty feeling that I need rid of.
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Charlene Doheny
4th July 2020
Reason I do not support the views and I never had the opportunity to actually decide I wanted to be a part of the church.
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Charles Sargent
28th May 2018
Reason I no longer have any belief in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
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Charles Wolfer
20th July 2020
Reason Atheist!
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Charlie Cotter
10th March 2018
Reason Atheist since 7 years old but continued with communion and confirmation due to societal norms.
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Chloe Kennedy
4th March 2022
Reason Haven’t believed since I was a child and despise the church and everything it stands for
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Chris O Brien
23rd June 2016
Reason All of them
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Chris O’Rourke
27th March 2019
Reason Unbeliever in any religion god(s)
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Chris Percival
13th April 2020
Reason I do not practice. Historical sexual abuse and the systemic cover up by the Catholic Church.
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Christian de Valera
29th January 2019
Reason The corruption of the Catholic church and the rape of young boys.
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Christian Koek
3rd March 2017
Reason I simply do not believe in the message of Catholicism; therefore I should not be registered as a Catholic.
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Christian O’Brien
27th August 2018
Reason Organised religion has never sat well with me, even as a child I knew I knew I didn’t have any faith but I was put through the motions because of school entry requirements etc…
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Christina Kelly
25th August 2018
Reason I cannot be part of an organisation that inflicted such horrors and abuse on children, women and men. It’s unforgivable and I want no part in it.
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Christina Patterson
15th August 2018
Reason My mother had me baptised into this backwards institution when I was only 5 days old. I didn’t have any say in the matter and had I, I wouldn’t have become a member at all. I have never believed in God and I don’t practice religion. That, up until some years ago, was enough for me to want to take my name off the CC records. However, after all of the horrific findings regarding the child sex abuse scandals, the unearthing of human remains in Toome , the Magdalene laundry’s, the selling of babies and so much more – I want out. I do not want to have any association with a cult of paedophiles and murderers. The Catholic Church is a disgrace, those that run it are criminals walking around under the veil of “the untouchable men of God” hurting innocent boys and girls, knowing their buddies will always be there to cover their tracks. In any other walk of life, these crimes would have the perpetrators locked up with the key thrown away. Why should a man with a collar or a pointy hat be treated any differently?
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Christina Troller Mueller
9th August 2018
Reason Even though I have not attended church in 35 years, I have never officially withdrawn my name. I wish to do so now because I no longer wish to be connected with a diabolical and reprehensible institution that looks the other way when destroying lives.
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Christine McQuillan
11th March 2017
Reason I became an avid critic of Catholicism at the age of 12 and have been that way ever since.
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Christine Walsh
4th August 2016
Reason I do not believe in any god.
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Christopher Buckley
15th February 2021
Reason I wish to return to my original legion and abandon any Re-legion
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Christopher Burkos
13th May 2019
Reason I refuse to be associate with an organization that molests children and won’t let gay people get married
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Christopher Crockford
10th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Christopher McCann
14th June 2016
Reason I consider myself an atheist
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Christopher McGivney
26th August 2018
Reason Not for me.
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Christopher McGreal
15th April 2015
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Christopher Morgan
10th March 2017
Reason Widespread abuse, rampant hypocrisy and murdering paedophile scum
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Christopher Sinclair
10th August 2015
Reason For as long as I had an opinion I did not wish to belong to the church. I was enroled and confirmed while I was not in a position to prevent it and now wish to have my removal take place.
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Christopher Sweeney
29th May 2018
Reason Absence of faith
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Christopher White
1st March 2019
Reason No belief in God or religion
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Cían Farrelly
28th April 2016
Reason I was baptised and brought up unwillingly before I was able to decide otherwise for myself. I was the brainwashed religious nonsense in primary and secondary schools, but at the age of 12, I decided I had enough. I don’t believe in any religions or religious beliefs. I feel it lawfully wrong and injust that children are unwillingly baptised and entered into a church organisation they know nothing of. Furthermore, the church in Ireland has a firm grasp on education, government and health services in the country which has lead to some serious issues and avoidable controversies over the last few years. I want out, and will not give up until I receive what is lawfully my decision, to leave the Catholic Church and live my life as a fully fleged athiest, free of any religious beliefs.
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Cian Geoghegan
30th August 2020
Reason Atheist
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Cian O Ciobhain
10th August 2015
Reason I hope the Catholic Church respect my decision that as a mature adult I would never have signed up to this club in the first place. I was 3 months old, I had no decision in the matter. Ever since my teen years, I’ve wanted to be free of the shackles of dour Catholic dogma.
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Cian O’Donovan
14th December 2016
Reason Loss of Faith
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Cian O’Mahony
26th November 2017
Reason I have been atheist for almost 20 years now. It isn’t even about not believing in a god anymore. Its more like why even bother with it. If I had grown up and not known about any religion and then when I was 16 someone came along and read me the bible or the Koran there is no way you would even entertain that kind of nonsense. Anyways, I dont want to be associated with Catholicism anymore and would really like to have my name removed from their registry.
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Cian Taaffe
16th March 2018
Reason I do not believe in the teachings of Catholicism and take issue with the Catholic Church on even the most fundamental levels. I never chose Catholicism and was baptized as an infant, however once I was old enough to make up my own mind I denounced the Catholic Church and its teachings and wish to have that on the record.
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Ciara Brophy
10th March 2017
Reason I was brainwashed by priests and teachers into believing the catholic church was the only way, until I reached the age of 12. It was then I started to learn about the reformation and realised that nothing had changed. The Greed and hypocrisy against which Martin Luther had protested was still rife in the RCC. I also began to think for myself and realised that the very notion of a prescribed set of beliefs was just ludicrous nonsense, designed to control the masses. I would rather navigate life using my own moral compass, which, in my opinion, is far superior to the morals displayed by the RCC. Around 1991, I stopped attending mass and considered myself to be no longer affiliated with any religious organisation. I never expected the sickening revelations that were to follow, which would obviously serve to reinforce my decision to turn away from the barbaric, hypocritical, greedy organisation that is the RCC.
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Ciara Byrne
11th December 2020
Reason I’m an atheist and the church is just not good
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Ciara Clancy
5th April 2017
Reason I no longer believe in the religion
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ciara cunnane
16th January 2019
Reason I don’t believe in the Catholic religion
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Ciara Dignam
13th April 2017
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Ciara Fagan
10th August 2015
Reason Church’s teaching on homosexuality and contraception, their involvement in forced adoptions and the laundries in Ireland, the covering up of various crimes and their response to child abuse
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Ciara Finan
27th January 2021
Reason Misalignment of beliefs
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Ciara Jones (née Duggan)
14th August 2017
Reason In my opinion, to call oneself a ‘catholic’, you should believe and follow the doctrines of that religion 100%. I no longer do, in fact I don’t think I ever did, but I was baptised into the church as a baby without any education on the subject. How can I possibly be a member of a church which views a female as the lesser gender and extensively covers up paedophilia? By remaining a “catholic”, I would be insulting devout catholics and committed non-believers alike and I no longer wish to be a hypocrite.
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Ciara Lawler
17th November 2016
Reason I’m an athiest and no longer wish to be associated in any way with an organisation whose teachings I do not believe in
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Ciara Margaret Rebekah Byrne Gaffney
25th May 2023
Reason I am a free bird
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Ciara McSharry
30th May 2018
Reason The catholic church is a disgusting organization that brainwashes and controls people. They sexually abuse children and then cover it up. They would not baptize nor allow babies that died during child birth to be buried with their families. The mothers were deemed unclean and could not go into church for their babies baptisms. They control women, they took their babies and threw them in septic tanks, and sold the rest to america. They then put the women to work in laundries for no wages. I don’t believe anything the catholic church preaches nor will I ever set foot in one to get married or any other celebration.
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Ciara Ni Chualain
9th March 2017
Reason –
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Ciara O’Hare
21st March 2016
Reason Atheist and anti-religious.
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Ciara o’Keeffe
26th September 2021
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Ciara Shine Carlier
3rd December 2018
Reason Atheist
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Ciarán Clark
16th January 2021
Reason Catholic doctrine is antithetical to my adult belief system and worldview.
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Ciarán Daly
7th May 2021
Reason Non – believer. Never consented in the first place
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Ciaran De Bhal
25th January 2016
Reason Totally disillusioned with church an no belief in god.
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Ciaran Duffy
21st October 2015
Reason No longer believe in fairy tales.
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Ciaran Kelly
9th August 2015
Reason No evidence for a supreme being and I do not wish to condone brainwashing and paedophilia
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Ciaran Maguire
12th July 2018
Reason I do not believe in god
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Ciaran Mc Gonagle
9th September 2018
Reason I DO NOT BELIVE
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Ciaran oneill
9th February 2020
Reason No believe in this cult..see the bigger picture of the universe..this is a control mechanism
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Ciaran Whelan
22nd August 2018
Reason I am a proud Atheist and no longer want to be a member of this cult!
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Cillian Ollry
11th July 2022
Reason Change of heart
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Cillian Rogers
31st August 2015
Reason Don’t count me as part of the catholic church any more.
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Claire Gallagher
3rd January 2018
Reason I don’t believe in God or religion
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Claire Johnston
21st May 2018
Reason I no longer believe in Chritianity/Catholicism. I believe the Catholic church is full of hypocrisy and no longer wish to be associated with it or it\’s teachings.
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Claire Madden
28th May 2018
Reason Do not believe in religion
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Claire McHugh
4th March 2017
Reason I don’t want to be part of this awful association
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Claire O’Leary
9th August 2015
Reason I am an atheist and have attempted to defect previously to no effect. Symbolic is better than nothing.
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Claire Owens
10th August 2017
Reason I do not agree or believe in the teachings of the church or with their treatment of others
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Claire Sadlier
10th August 2015
Reason the catholic church is a disgusting, misogynistic organisation.
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Claire Young
3rd March 2017
Reason absolute disgust with the Catholic Church and their practices
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Clare Harrington
9th August 2015
Reason I am an atheist
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Clare McLaughlin
2nd July 2017
Reason While I respect my parents right to raise me as they believed fit they also raised me to be intelligent and make decisions for myself, although on this issue they may not be too proud of that. I realised at a young age that the church held little interest for me. I explored it through taking part in youth religious groups and retreats, the result was I knew with absolute certainty that the catholic religion was not for me. Mostly, I find it to be nonsense based around some interesting stories made up to control us. But as an institution, the Catholic Church has been behind some of the worst atrocities known to humankind, I cannot support this in any way shape or form. I do not believe in god and I do not support the practices of the Roman Catholic church.
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Clare McNamara
28th May 2018
Reason I have never believed in a god. Just because my parents did and had me baptised into their church does not make me a catholic. I despise everything the catholic church stands for, in particular its treatment of and view of women.
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Colin Buckley
10th August 2015
Reason I was never given a choice in becoming catholic and have never really had a strong faith. I have always considered myself to be a rationalist and no longer find any need to believe in a fairy tale from the middle ages
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Colin Smith
9th May 2018
Reason I am an Athiest.
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Colin Sullivan
25th September 2016
Reason I don’t belive in ghosts or fairies.
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Colin Sutton
10th October 2018
Reason Ongoing backwards thinking and human rights infractions
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Colin Whiteside
2nd November 2022
Reason Old fashioned, narrow minded teachings that go against a modern society, particularly the homophobic attitude of the church.
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Colleen Sloan
3rd November 2015
Reason Essentially, I’m a non-believer, although there are other reasons too.
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ColleenS
10th August 2015
Reason I was too young to be given a choice in this and it is not for me so I would like to leave.
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Colm Chambers
8th March 2018
Reason Just realised it was ridiculus
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Colm Creamer
14th January 2021
Reason because it is a horrible outdated institution that at the very least needs message reform and admittance of guilt, but preferably complete dissolution
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Colm Finn
25th April 2017
Reason Athiest
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Colm Kennedy
17th August 2018
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Colm Mc Grath
6th November 2018
Reason No longer belive in a god, but I do belive that humanity can do better without religions and in fact that we need to move away from religions in order that we can work together for all humanity.
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Colm McElroy
6th February 2017
Reason Because the teachings of this church are illogical and unworthy of anyone with an IQ above 30.
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Colton Brown
1st December 2018
Reason I do not believe in the teachings and belief of the church as well as the belief in any gods what so ever
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Coman Doyle
7th May 2017
Reason Crimes against humanity, corruption, child abuse, abuse of single mothers, monopolising education, manipulation
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Comhall Fanning
17th July 2016
Reason Atheist
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Con Colbert
4th November 2020
Reason Poor representation of who they represent. How can they hoard so much wealth with so many starving in the world. Disgusting.
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Con Lucey
20th March 2017
Reason We know so much more now than 2000 years ago.
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Conan Dalton
24th September 2018
Reason I always wanted to be a defective. Like Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, not a believer, haven’t been for ages
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Conán Little
29th May 2018
Reason I don’t believe in this ancient bullshit relegion, and believe most religion to be stupid cash grabs/money making schemes
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Conn Flynn
3rd March 2019
Reason Atheist and disgusted with RC Church
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Connolly
4th August 2021
Reason I do not want to belong to a church who abuses children and women.
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CONOR BROWNE
29th May 2018
Reason Athiest
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Conor Byrne
25th December 2015
Reason I do not believe supernatural beings. There is no good reason to be religious.
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Conor Byrne
22nd August 2018
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Conor Clarke
13th January 2021
Reason I have had no believe in god since the age of seven. I wish to be free of this horrible institution.
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Conor Clune
19th March 2017
Reason I belive God doesn’t exist and I think the Catholic Church are a horribly immoral organisation.
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Conor Dunne
10th February 2016
Reason Too many to mention.
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Conor Lennon
5th August 2023
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Conor Lynch
16th August 2015
Reason The Catholic Church is antithetical to my views on a huge range of philosophical, ethical issues to the point where I wish to disavow any association with the Church
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Conor Maguire
28th June 2018
Reason Logic & Reason
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Conor McMeel
26th April 2020
Reason I belive organised religion is a damaging and regressive aspect of any society. The Catholic Church has mentally damaged too many people. Not in my name.
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Conor Nolan
26th March 2018
Reason I am not Catholic
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Conor O Reilly
23rd September 2015
Reason I have not believed/practised in over 10 yers
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Conor O\’Brien
9th August 2015
Reason I have no Belief in any of the teachings of the Catholic Church. I am non practicing for over 30 years.
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Conor Rossiter
3rd April 2018
Reason Do not believe in God
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Conor Ryan
24th August 2022
Reason morally bankrupt institution and the story is utter shite, akim to Santa and the tooth fairy only much more brutal
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Conor Shanley
26th May 2018
Reason I believe the catholic church is an abomination and there is no better day to say farewell #repealthe8th
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Conor Walls
16th August 2015
Reason I believe the amount of influence the RCC has in Ireland needs to end full stop.
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Corey Commins
6th March 2017
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Corey Rigley
12th October 2017
Reason I do not believe in any of this hocus pocus, nor do I believe the Catholic church having a large membership in Ireland is a good thing. This is a baby step along the way to reducing the Catholic church’s influence on this country.
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Cormac Jacques
6th May 2017
Reason I no longer want to be affiliated with the church. It has no place in my life.
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Cormac Keenan
17th August 2015
Reason It’s nothing but brainwashing
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Cormac Kelly
18th March 2017
Reason I am an atheist
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Cormac Walsh
24th January 2022
Reason I do not wish to be associated with a morally corrupt, criminally negligent and discriminatory and abusive organisation. I sincerely hope that the Catholic Church in Ireland will be divested of all of its property and no longer have any role or say in school education.
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Courtney Byrne
24th January 2022
Reason Non-believer
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cquigley5
27th May 2015
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Cristina Morley-Boccherini
28th October 2018
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Cynthia Gallant
9th March 2018
Reason Because there is no god and I did not consent to be a part of the Catholic church.
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Dainelle Shields
30th August 2017
Reason I disagree entirely with how the Roman Catholic Church fills our children with fear, from baptism tells them they are not good enough and will constantly throughout our lives teach us to berate ourselves and others. As a whole is promotes segregation and breeds narcissism. This is my opinion of the catholic church in Ireland not aimed at individuals but on the teachings and beliefs as a whole.
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Daire O’Broin
10th August 2015
Reason I only believed because that’s how I was raised, not for any other reason
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Dáire O’Driscoll
6th March 2017
Reason I do not believe in god or any of the laws and moral guidelines presented by the RCC. I am also unwilling to have any association with an institution that is akin to the National Socialists in it’s level of oppression, tyranny and crimes against humanity.
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Dale Clancy
12th October 2021
Reason Non believer and non practitioning
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Damhnait Hickey
9th March 2017
Reason I want out.
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Damian Downes
16th August 2023
Reason Too many reasons to cite here but in short the institution is a relic and morally bankrupt. I cannot take it seriously.
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Damien Hunter
9th August 2015
Reason I am an Atheist
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Damien James O’Farrell
15th July 2022
Reason Do not believe the fiction
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Damien Kelly
14th January 2021
Reason It’s all nonsense
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Damien O’Halloran
27th August 2018
Reason I have never believed in god. Im atheist. I will be trying get an official excommunication.
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Daniel Arango
19th July 2019
Reason Wish to separate
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Daniel Buckley
16th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in god.
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Daniel Clarke
16th June 2016
Reason I am a Satanist. I reject Christianity.
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Daniel Collins
30th May 2018
Reason I have not believed in any god since at least my early teens.
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Daniel Healy
27th August 2018
Reason “No amount of belief makes something a fact” – James Randi
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Daniel howard
7th March 2017
Reason private
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Daniel Lynskey
17th September 2018
Reason The church has committed heinous crimes in Ireland and all over the world, and i don’t believe in god.
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daniel mac alister
18th August 2015
Reason I no longer want to be used as a stat by an organisation that never condemned the abuse of children.
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Daniel Mc Alevey
16th August 2015
Reason I don’t believe in the teachings, principles or ethos of the Catholic Church or any other organised religion.
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Daniel McGee
24th April 2017
Reason There is no God
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Daniel Norman
18th June 2019
Reason I no longer see enough evidence to believe in any god, let alone Yahweh of the Christian Bible. I fill out this form as an act of desperation, seeking to be free from harassment by my former congregation. Clear requests have fallen on deaf ears. I am using this resource to provide an official record of some sort without needing to participate in any other conversations or ceremonies.
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Daniel Roughneen
27th August 2018
Reason Lack of belief
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Daniel Smith
14th August 2018
Reason Don’t believe in the church and was abused by so called men of the cloth
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Daniel Waldron
6th August 2017
Reason Atheist, Marxist
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Daniel William (confirmation name: Luke or Luke Buccheri) Buccheri
18th December 2017
Reason Having previously studied the bible extensively, I do not believe any of it is valid. I am a strong believer in science and I only believe things that can be proven with significant evidence. I am now an atheist, as I do not believe there is any sufficient evidence to prove any of the church\’s teachings to be true. Also I do not like how the church\’s teachings lead many to discriminate against others. I therefore no longer consider myself a member of this church or faith. As far as I\’m concerned I have not been a member for years. I no longer wish to be associated with it in any way.
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Danielle HAYES
24th June 2021
Reason Killing if native children, sexual assault of children and inability to apologize and pay reparation to victims
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Danielle Heffernan
10th April 2018
Reason I do not agree with Church rules and views and would like to follow a free spirituality.
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Danielle Margaret Lourdes Malone
15th March 2017
Reason The crimes committed by the Roman Catholic Church
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DanielOGorman
27th May 2015
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Danny Goodchild
23rd July 2016
Reason For as long as I can remember I have had no faith. I wis
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Danny Shields
10th August 2015
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Dara Fitzgerald
6th March 2017
Reason Do not believe in this religion
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Dara Kirwan
11th September 2022
Reason Not wanting to be part of this religion or have any association with it.
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Dara Mac Domhnaill
1st May 2017
Reason I have no religious beliefs
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Dara McGann
5th January 2024
Reason I never believed in communion but when training to be a priest I was sexually abused and I never got an apology. I will not return
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Daragh Lewis
15th January 2017
Reason I see no merits to this bete noir of an organisation
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Darla Cooper
18th June 2020
Reason I believe in science.
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Darragh Collopy
13th September 2015
Reason Santa isn\’t real
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Darragh Connolly
24th June 2017
Reason The RC church stands for psychological enslavement. I do not consent to being a member of this church. DC
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Darragh Creamer
16th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in any gods and am strongly opposed to the teachings and actions of the catholic church
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Darragh Delany
20th June 2017
Reason Abhor Catholic Church doctrine, feel more at home with Anglican communion
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Darragh Donnellan
3rd May 2019
Reason I was baptised by my parents at a very young age and was raised as a Catholic but now I’m an adult and I’ve decided to leave the church as I don’t attend religious services and I no longer believe in “God” or any other church teachings.
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Darragh Kelly
2nd February 2016
Reason Morally opposed to the Catholic Church and the Hierarchy
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Darragh Ryan
7th March 2017
Reason I despise the fact that the Catholic Church in Ireland use ME as a statistic to maintain their powerful position in the Church and State relationship. Let me leave.
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Darrell O Sullivan
26th April 2021
Reason Non believer
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Darrell O’Donnell
1st March 2019
Reason No interest in manmade religious institutions of control and hypocrisy. No belief in the existance of made up sky gods
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Darren Bracken
8th March 2022
Reason Non Believer
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Darren Collins
19th March 2017
Reason I have been an atheist since before I knew there was a word for it, I do not believe in any god, and have no wish to be associated with any church. I was baptised into the catholic church before I could consent, and was forced to confirm this as a child, all of which I consider invalid.
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Darren Flynn
10th August 2015
Reason I am an atheist.
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Darren Flynn
30th November 2016
Reason I do not wish to be associated with the organisation that is the Catholic Church. Too many wrongs are excused on religious grounds, I believe in morality, irrespective of religious belief
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Darren Harkin
12th March 2020
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Darren Malone
15th May 2019
Reason It’s all bollox really, let’s be honest.
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Darren Murray
5th August 2018
Reason dont believe in Catholicism or the structure of the church
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Darren O’Brien
27th January 2016
Reason I’m tired of hearing about unbaptised children having difficulty getting admitted to schools. I don’t want my kids to be baptised, and I think the more people that defect and show their opposition to the church, the harder it will be for them to justify their hold on our schools
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Darrin Mahon
13th September 2018
Reason Atheist
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Dave Cal
7th September 2015
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Dave Docherty
29th May 2018
Reason I’m atheist
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Dave Gilligan
10th March 2018
Reason The RC Church is hypocritical, they say one thing and do the opposite. They have indoctrinated themselves into our education system as a form of control.
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Dave Mc Donald
23rd August 2018
Reason I am an atheist and strongly object to the disgusting behaviour of the Catholic Church in covering up paedophile members.
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dave Murphy
24th February 2015
Reason I know longer believe in God, or the morality of the catholic church
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