Absolutely no. 100% no, and it will stay that way.
Moving to another country, especially one with no shared language or culture, is incredibly difficult and not worth your time.
Even then, to add to this comment, the Irish Church shot themselves in the foot through the sex abuse scandal. You're not being persecuted, you live in a country where the local episcopacy is milquetoast, corrupt, no longer worth anyone's time and the Catholic influence of an entire nation died out in about 20 years because of it.