The Clontarf Methodist Church lies on the sea-front at the junction of Saint Lawrence Road and Clontarf Road. It was built in 1906. At the time of World War I, also known as The Great War, the church primarily served the Methodist communities of Sutton, Fairview and Clontarf. There is a war memorial in the left-hand corner as you enter the church. There is a laurel wreath symbol at top of plaque. Below is the title:
"1914-1919 Roll of Honour In The Great War / Clontarf Methodist Church"
Seven casualties are listed separately under the title "Faithful unto Death." The inscription "In appreciation of the following who served" is followed by a list of survivors. Forty seven other members of the congregation who served are listed alphabetically with unit initials, including five female volunteers (listed separately).
The Methodist Church is a worldwide communion of over 70 million people which originated from the time of the Wesley brothers, John and Charles, in the mid-eighteenth century. John was ordained by the Church of England and he and his hymn writer brother Charles, were members of a group of young men who met daily to pray and study the Bible whilst at Oxford University. Nicknamed “the Holy Club”, they were so methodical in their lifestyle that they were called Methodists, a name which eventually became that of the religious movement which followed. John Wesley visited Ireland twenty-one times, where he preached in thirty-one of the thirty-two counties.
The Cache
The cache is a nano that should be easy to find. Waypoint provided for car park across the road from the cache. It is pay and diplay Mon to Fri, 8am to 6pm and free on weekends.
I want to place a Church Micro cache too The Church Micro IE series is open to everyone; if you have a church you would like to place a cache at then please contact THE_Chris through Geocaching.com. This is to keep track of the numbers of the churches and give you the general format for the cache page. In the UK there are ~1500 caches in the series so we have some catching up to do! Also, if you currently have a published cache at a church that you would like to include in the series, get in contact and we can add it.