Irish Methodist Churches

1800 – Former Free Church, Great Charles Street, Dublin

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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,

1852 – Methodist Church, Ranelagh, Dublin

Architect: Isaac Farrell / J.J. Phillips

Former Methodist church and hall sited on Charleston Road in Ranelagh and now an office development known as Trinity Hall.

1859 – Former Methodist Church, Cavan, Co. Cavan

Architect: William Hague

Former church with truncated spire over the doorway. A simple exercise in Gothic revival.

1860 – Thomas St. Methodist Church, Portadown, Co. Armagh

Architect: John Boyd

A classical church with imposing tetrastyle Corinthian portico started in 1858 and opened in 1860. John Boyd was a Belfast-based architect who designed many churches and schools for the Methodists and Presbyterians in the late 1850s.

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.