The Wesleyian Conference Office in 1866 publishes a book by The Rev. William Crook to commemorate the Irish connection to American and Canadian Methodism. It gives an account of the development of Methodism in Ireland the tours by John Wesley some with Thomas Walsh and him preaching in Irish to packed congregations. There is considerable detail on the Palatines of Co. Limerick who were a large part of the congregation. It also refers to the anti Methodist riots in Cork 1749. The book is in the public domain at the University of Toronto.

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