Congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

John Street,
Omagh, Co. Tyrone

Sunday Service:
11.30am

Minister: Rev. Robert Herron
Telephone: (028) 8224 3776
Email: rherron@presbyterianireland.org

Trinity, Omagh

Trinity is one of the cluster of four churches on raised ground that provide a skyline of Church spires which is very much a feature of Omagh today. A car park is situated at the rear of the Church. The Church can be accessed from the Omagh throughpass exit to Town Centre at HOMEBASE or from Omagh's main thoroughfare turning left at the Courthouse and continuing along John Street, past Kevlin Road, taking the next turning left immediately you pass the Church (also on the left).

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History of the Church

Trinity Presbyterian Church is the oldest Church on its existing site in Omagh. Opened in 1754, it has been in existence since before America's independence was declared in 1776 and its subsequent separation from England in 1782. It has stood through the times of the great French Revolution, the wars of Napoleon, the British victories at land and sea under Wellington and Nelson, the Crimea and Boer wars and the reigns of 10 British monarchs. In Ireland it has seen the rebellion of 1798, Emmet's insurrection in 1801 and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1921. Until 1910, it was known as Second Omagh Presbyterian Church.

The original building, erected in 1754, was demolished in 1856 and replaced by a new church building which had a gallery and two fireplaces at the front near to the pulpit. A major extension was added in 1901 and saw the removal of the gallery, the addition of two transepts, a new entrance porch, a Minister's room and two new entrance doors at the rear. The church building today is little changed from that time.

For further information visit Trinity's website at www.trinitypresbyterianchurchomagh.co.uk