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    4. HugoZHackenbush2 on

      There was a suicide cult in the 1970’s but they died out..

    5. IntensiveCarebear92 on

      The Moonies were active in Ireland into the early 00’s afaik

    8. SoftDrinkReddit on

      i mean like Scientology no but cults in general The HellFire Club would be a good shout

    15. Beach_Glas1 on

      Those lads are active in Ireland btw.

      House of Prayer is a home grown one that comes to mind.

    22. Mocktapuss on

      My neighbour ran a cult in the 90s. Used to rip off young new age travellers and manipulate them into working for free. It was incredibly frustrating. The more you tried to warn them the more adamant they’d be that he was an amazing wise guru.

    25. SpottedAlpaca on

      Ian Paisley’s Free Presbyterian Church without a doubt. He used it as a propaganda machine to spread bigotry and incite violence.

    26. freshfrosted on

      I remember being offered the personality test on Abbey St in the mind 90’s and laughing at them knowing what they were at 16 or 17.

    27. smudgeonalense on

      House of prayer and recently the heavily Americanised online conspiracy theorists.

    29. zigzagzuppie on

      Not sure if Laurna Byrne qualifies but she has a following.

    30. Fun-Needleworker-794 on

      There are a lot of very strange, very insular evangelical churches staggered around rural Ireland.

    31. SirOmelette on

      There’s a church in Donnybrook (near RTE) that has this statue inside, kind of like a small side altar, of Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer — the guy who founded Opus Dei, a cult that started in Spain inside the Catholic church, and they were (and still are) kinda extreme. I was really surprised to see that in a church around that area in Dublin.

    32. Perfect_Adagio5541 on

      Wasn’t there a cult on Achill? House of Prayer or something 😂

    34. shelstropp on

      I was only saying yesterday GAA is like a cult, especially in rural areas. They can do no wrong. Once you’re in there’s no getting out. Flags and banners and if you’re not in you’re the worst and shunned by the locals/members.

    35. OvertiredMillenial on

      The Screamers

      As a people, I think we’re too cynical for cults to take off. When an average Irish person encounters some charmer offering them a better/new life, they’re more likely to think they’re a bit dodgy or shnakey, whereas in America, where people tend to be a lot less cynical, and lot more optimistic (the American dream is built on optimism), they’re more likely to believe/be more gullible.

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