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Third Lodge of Ireland, Cork
Constituted 1808
Meets at 27, Tuckey Street, Cork
Third Monday of every month, at 8.00 pm
(excluding June, July, and August)
Lodge Contact:
tonyjoe@utvinternet.com
 This
lodge warrant was issued to the City of Cork on 4 July 1808, under the
title ‘Third Lodge of Ireland’. The earliest surviving minutes – from
1816 – reveal the lodge was then meeting at the Crown Tavern, in the
South Gate Bridge area of the city. In the early decades, military
personal and merchant seamen featured prominently among the
membership. In these cases – given the likelihood of their removal
from Cork – the usual form seems to have been to propose, ballot for
and – if approved – to give both First and Second degrees to the
candidate, all on the same night.
By 1822, lodge was meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce Hotel. Unfortunately it is not possible to
trace the lodge history further, as our minute books for the next four
decades are missing.
A fuller account of our history
will be forthcoming, as materials become available.
History of
Warrant No. 3
 There is no
record in register of Grand Lodge as to the date of grant of the
original No. 3 warrant, but it was probably in existence on 1 February
1732. In 1735, it was meeting in the Bull’s Head Tavern in Ormond
Market (Smith, 1735), and by 1744 had changed to Lebeck’s Head Tavern
in Dame Street. This number was erased, 5 November 1801.
A new warrant
was issued 4 July 1808 to CORK under the title ‘Third Lodge of
Ireland’, where it has worked since.
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