Joe

IIRC, the Irish clergy didn't need British-recruited continental clerics to introduce them to Jansenism (/Manicheism?) - the clandestine clergy of the 18th C. had trained in France and Spain anyway. I suspect the harsh economic conditions of the mid 19th C. and the increasing control of education by Catholic clergy had more to do with its impact. Grafting what was effectively ultra-nationalism on top of that mix, probably didn't help.

Regards