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Re: Religion taught in schools? - January 19th 2010, 12:32 AM
Ireland is mostly a Christian (and mainly Catholic country) so most primary schools are taught religion, we did Bible studies, but it wasn't very intensive.
In secondary school, we were taught religion up to the third year (age 15) and were examined in it in the Junior Certificate State exams, (GCSE equivalent) but it's less Christianity-based and is basically the study of world religions, which I don't have a problem with really. It's an option subject for the Leaving Cert (A-level equivalent) but I didn't choose it.

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