placenamesMowhan
Much Bhán
Ballylane Reformed Presbyterian Church, just south of Mowhan, preserves a local religious history stretching back to eighteenth-century meeting groups.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Much Bhán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mowhan · English · main form
Place & story
From meeting groups to a congregation
Local Reformed Presbyterian meeting groups near Mowhan were organised into the Ballylane congregation in 1790. The local history account identifies Samuel Aiken as its first minister and places the church in a glen south of the village. Its account of worship describes the unaccompanied singing of psalms. The church has undergone several renovations, and a new hall opened beside it in April 1998. [2]
Ballylane and Ballenon
The two congregations of Ballylane and Ballenon have a long association. A local historical account records a union in 1912; their own later account explains that they retain separate identities and began worshipping together each Sunday in mid-2017, alternating between the two church buildings by month. Robert Robb began his ministry there in November 2018, following earlier ministries in Enniskillen and Limavady. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Fews Lower
- Civil parish
- Loughgilly
- Within
- Drumgane
- Coordinates
- 54.26354, -6.51118 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 136064 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mowhan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballylane Reformed Presbyterian Church: local history · Bygones and Byways local history project
- About us: Ballenon and Ballylane congregations · Ballenon and Ballylane Reformed Presbyterian Churches
- Ballylane Reformed Presbyterian Church near Mowhan, as photographed in March 2008 illustration: based on a Ballylane Covenanter Presbyterian Church by P Flannagan. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.