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.
As a result of the Reformation in Ireland (1533–70), members of trade guilds like bakers were compelled to become part of the Church of Ireland. They elected four representatives to the former Dublin Corporation, which distinguished between the largely Catholic religious guild and the Protestant trade guild that had to conform.