History

16 09, 2014

The History of Irish Freemasonry and The Grand Lodge of Ireland

September 16th, 2014|History|

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is the second oldest in the world and the first evidence for its existence comes from the Dublin Weekly Journal of June 26th 1725. The paper describes an event which took place two days previously on June 24th – a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland to install […]

15 09, 2014

The Early Years

September 15th, 2014|History|

The preliminary meeting to erect a new lodge under the Irish Constitution in Queensland took place on 28 May 1864 which was attended by the following brethren: Thomas Vokes Dudgeon, Alexander Wilson, George Wilkinson, David Elliott and William Higginson. Thomas Vokes Dudgeon was voted to the chair and Bro Higginson was appointed Acting-Secretary.

The following […]

15 09, 2014

The Embossing Seal Press

September 15th, 2014|History, Lodge Artifact|

The Duke’s trusty old Lodge seal is, understandably, showing signs of wear but it continues to stamp documents each month at the Duke of Leinster Lodge meetings.

The old Lodge seal conformed to article 161 of the Book of Constitutions comprising the Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of […]

15 09, 2014

The Theodore Unmack Firing Glass

September 15th, 2014|History, Lodge Artifact|

The full history of the TU firing glasses is told elsewhere and can be briefly outlined as follows:

When Theodore Unmack was officially notified in September 1881 that he was the new ProvGM of the Irish Constitution in Queensland he forwarded a consignment of sixty firing glasses to each of the nine Irish Constitution Lodges […]