Methodist History Irish Methodist History

Wilhelmina Geddes, ‘one of Europe’s great 20th-century artists’, was born in Leitrim and grew up in a Methodist home in Belfast, where her authoritarian father was a successful builder and local preacher. Her family attended, first, University Road and then ...

Subject: ‘Methodists in Ireland: Political Identities and Changing Contexts’ Lecturer: Dr Fergus O’Ferrall Dr Fergus O’Ferrall is a native of Abbeyderg, Kenagh, Co.Longford. He attended Wesley College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained a Moderatorship in Modern History ...

Newry has an important place in Irish Methodism. John Wesley visited the town 14 times, first in 1756 and finally in 1789. It was in Newry he wrote his sermon ‘The Witness of the Spirit’. The original preaching house was ...

‘“Sacred Harmony” in Irish Methodism’: An illustrated lecture. Professor Desmond Hunter Friday 20 October 2017 at Edgehill 7.30  The tune book entitled Sacred Harmony, compiled by William Smith and published in Dublin in 1810, sheds some light on hymn singing ...

For more than 100 years Irish lay and prospective ministerial students have travelled to Cliff College, Derbyshire, for initial formation as Christian workers and evangelists. Many of the 250 plus who made the journey later entered the Irish Methodist ministry ...

Methodist Historical Society of Ireland Annual General Meeting Thursday 13 June 2018 at 6.15 pm Ardfallen, Douglas Road, Cork   AGENDA Prayer Apologies Greeting Deaths Minutes AGM 14 June 2018 Matters Arising Lectures 2018/2019 Pilgrimages 2019/2020 Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report ...

Lecturer: Dr Marie Coleman, Reader in Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast. Subject: Demographic change in Longford’s Methodist population, 1869-1926 The decline by one-third of the non-Roman Catholic population of the twenty-six southern Irish counties recorded between the last pre-independence ...

The rapid growth of Methodism in America ensured that slaveholders were well-represented in its congregations. So too were the victims of slavery. This lecture explores the experience of three Methodist escaped slaves who made their way to Ireland. Nigerian-born John ...

Due to Covid-19 restrictions this year’s Methodist Historical Society of Ireland AGM will be held online. Details will be sent to members by the Secretary in advance.

Samuel Kelly (1879–1937) For all John Kelly’s commercial success, he raised his seven children in a modest terraced house. Samuel inherited both his father’s modesty and commercial acumen. He became a director in many companies, but his considerable wealth was ...