 Atheist Ireland is a member of the Atheist Alliance International, The International Humanist and Ethical Union IHEU, The Coalition to Repeal the 8th Repeal the 8th, and the National Women's Council of Ireland NWCI.The group estimates it has about 500 members.Ireland has a long history of religiosity and religious conflict between its Catholic and Protestant communities (a conflict which was often as much political as religious).