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Manorhamilton was another town in the West of Ireland in
which John Wesley preached on his travels, and a church was
soon established there. After the partition of Ireland in
1922, some of the Protestant residents of Manorhamilton felt
it would be safer to move the short distance to Enniskillen,
in Co. Fermanagh, on the other side of the border. One such
Methodist family in Enniskillen who still retained links
with their family's old church was that of the late Senator
Gordon Wilson.
As numbers dwindled, the Manorhamilton circuit was
amalgamated, first with the Blacklion circuit in Co. Cavan,
retaining a minister in Manorhamilton, and later with the
Sligo circuit, at which time (1968) the minister residing in
Sligo took responsibility for the Manorhamilton society.
Before this last change, the congregation had taken the
brave step of leaving their old large church, which was in
poor repair, and building a smaller new, modern church and
hall a short distance away. This was opened in 1964 - it is
the fourth Methodist church to exist in the town. The
previous church has been renovated by the local community
and is now used as a Heritage Centre.
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