Templars and Freemasonry in Ireland: A brief history
Templars and Freemasonry in Ireland: A brief history It is commonly believed that the Masonic fraternity evolved from a guild of stonemasons during the middle ages. Over the centuries many people in society became members of those masonic guilds and by the early Enlightenment era, Freemasonry had become purely a social and fraternal institution which preserved the traditions and practices of the original guilds. Freemasonry is one of the oldest social and charitable organisations in the world, open to…