This episode looks at the evolution of places of worship from the days of the first Patrician church on the hill over Lough Lannagh. It outlines the controversy surrounding the building of the Church of the Holy Rosary; John Wesley's Methodist Church on the Mall; Christ Church, the town's oldest building, and the Presbyterian Church, which became a restaurant.

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