My family are Scots-Irish Catholics but have known and some have been invited to join Freemasons (it's not strictly Protestant but I believe Catholics are only allowed up to a certain level so that Prods control it) my great granda was really good mates with one who taught him the hand shake etc., then one day my great granda called a plumber, the plumber said he couldn't get the part for some weeks, so he went "ok mate, nae bother" *done the hand shake* then the mason said something like "on second thought, I should be able to get it to you in a matter of days".
The entire legal system here is dominated by them, I'm talking both the Scots legal system and the England & Wales and UK systems. Also very likely North-East Ireland is the same, as it's quite obvious that the Unionists (mostly Protestant) still pull the strings, so would be no surprise at all.
May the Force be with you,
Scot
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