Irish-Origin Catholics in Great Britain
Since 1922 at least a million Irish people have moved to Great Britain, or are descended from Irish emigrants. By 2007 these included government minister Ruth Kelly and Sir Gus O'Donnell, the head of the British Civil Service, both of whom are Catholics.
A notable person of Irish Catholic background in Great Britain who had unionist political opinions was the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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