hiː ɐsˈɜːɾᵻd ðæt ɪnðə nˈuː wˈɜːld ðə dᵻvˈɪʒən bᵻtwˌiːn kˈæθlɪks ænd pɹˈɑːɾɪstənts wʌz ɪɹˈɛlᵻvənt ænd ðə kəmjˈuːnᵻɾiz wʊd mˈɜːdʒ ˌɪntʊ ɐ pˈændᵻnˌɑːmᵻnˈeɪʃənəl "ˈaɪɹɪʃ" aɪdˈɛntᵻɾi.
He asserted that in the New World the division between Catholics and Protestants was irrelevant and the communities would merge into a pan-denominational "Irish" identity.