 From this point there were moves towards reunion, and most of the Free Church rejoined the Church of Scotland in 1929.The schisms left small denominations including the Free Presbyterians and a remnant that had not merged in 1900 as the Free Church.Catholic Emancipation in 1829 and the influx of large numbers of Irish immigrants led to an expansion of Catholicism, with the restoration of the Church hierarchy in 1878.