FROM 1750 - 1830 > BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS                 1-10 11-20 21-30                 Roman Catholic Church This was the Catholic Church at Drumcree near Portadown which was built in the late 18th century. As the Penal Laws were relaxed more ...     Mountjoy Meeting House Mountjoy Presbyterian Church was built in the late 18th century. It was a plain simple building unlike the more lavish Church of ...     Methodists The Society of Methodists was established in 1743 by John Wesley and they later broke away from the Church of England. Wesley travelled ...     Church of Ireland During this period everyone had to pay a tax or tithe to the Church of Ireland even if they belonged to another church. Naturally this ...     Pancake Day Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, was an important occasion in many rural houses. It was a general feast day (with pancakes made at home) ...     The Festival of St. Kevin In the early years of the 19th century there were great annual Catholic Festivals which drew boisterous crowds. By the second half of ...     Emigrant Letter Many of those who emigrated from Ulster in the second half of the 18th century had a powerful religious faith. Presbyterians like Thomas ...     <>               1-10 11-20 21-30