After the Reformation in Ireland (1533–70) members of trade guilds such as the bakers had to join the Church of Ireland. They sent four legislators to the former Dublin Corporation, which divided the purely religious guild that was mostly Roman Catholic from the trade guild that had to become Protestant.
Following the Reformation in Ireland (1533–70) members of trade guilds such as bakers were required to affiliate with the Church of Ireland. They appointed four legislators to the former Dublin Corporation, which separated the predominantly Catholic religious guild from the Protestant trade guild that had to join.