The Limerick district of the Methodist church held a meeting in the vestry of George Street Methodist Church, Limerick. The meeting was presided over by Rev. J. Woods Ballard, who reported on the net district membership being twenty-five and the presence of between sixty and seventy at the meeting. Rev. William Conlin was absent from the meeting. The members accepted the kind offer of the secretary of the T.P.V.M.A. to keep the reading room open to the ministers during the Synod. It was reported that Rev. William Conlin intends to retire from his appointment in County Gahrey.
The question of a new manse in Limerick was discussed and passed on to the managing committee. Grants were given to Limerick, Cloughjordan, Borrisokane, Rathkeale, and Galway. The meeting closed with a public meeting in George Street Methodist Church in the evening, where Rev. R. Lee Cole, BJV., preached before the congregation.
Belfast News-Letter – Monday 06 May 1901
