Presbytery of Carrickfergus
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The Presbytery of Carrickfergus was the first Presbytery in Ireland. It was established in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in June 1642 by Scottish army chaplains who had accompanied the Covenanter Army in Ireland during the Irish Confederate Wars.
It was the forerunner of the Synod of Ulster.
See also
Sources
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carrickfergus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Witherow, Thomas (1879). . Belfast: C. Aitchison.