Blacklion, Killinagh, Methodist

A modest church of understated simplicity which retains some interesting architectural details such as the leaded windows and tooled stone plaque above the entrance. The plaque refers to John Wesley, 1703 - 1791, the founder of the Methodist movement, who is said to have visited County Cavan in the eighteenth century. A historic photograph in the entrance porch shows the church surrounded by trees and with a central flue, indicating that a stove formerly stood in the widening of the centre aisle. Built on the estate of Francis Charles Hassard, the church remains a place of worship for the local Methodist community and bears witness to the long history of non-conformist Protestantism in the county.

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