1800 – Former Free Church, Great Charles Street, Dublin
Architect: Edward Robbins
Photograph Copyright © Dublin City Council
Originally constructed by the Methodists in 1800 and initially known as ‘Wesley Chapel’.
1811 – Former Wesleyan Methodist Church, Drogheda, Co. Louth
An unusual church built in 1811 and further renovated in 1911. A simple rectangular building with a three bay classical façade.
1822 – Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bandon, Co. Cork
Simple and elegant single-cell church with tall round-headed windows, with a wooden Doric columned entranceway. There is a fine galleried interior lit by the tall windows,
1842 – Former Methodist Church, Bantry, Co. Cork
Architect: Richard Lee
Builder: J. Murphy, Bantry.
1843 – Former Methodist Centenary Church, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Architect: Isaac Farrell
Previously the congregation was based in Whitefriar St., but it was leased. After applying for a renewal,
1859 – Former Methodist Church, Cavan, Co. Cavan
Architect: William Hague
Former church with truncated spire over the doorway. A simple exercise in Gothic revival.
1860c – Methodist Church, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Five-bay gable-ended Gothic Methodist church, with the façade finished in uncoursed rubble stone with dressed stone to the openings.
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1861 – Methodist Church, Dawson St., Monaghan
A fine little church with a symmetrical front on a slightly elevated site – it’s constructed over a basement, which gives the church a separation from the main streetscape.
1864 – Christchurch Methodist Church, Sandymount, Dublin
Architect: Alfred G. Jones
Pretty little church building in its own extensive grounds. The church is a simple Gothic Revival design with a decorative rose window in the west façade.
1865 – Methodist Church, Northgate St, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Alfred G. Jones
Unusual Methodist church with two side gateways incorporated into the main facade, surmounted by two solid pinnacles.
