Promoting the Fraternity across the World
WHY IS IT THAT OUR Fraternity bears the name “Freemasonry” instead of “Masonry”? Why the “free” in it? Far back in the Middle Ages a freemason was the name of a builder who could design buildings as well as construct them. He was what we should now call an architect.
Kenneth L. Mitchell explores the ancient and continuing link between the engineering profession and the fraternity of freemasonry in Ireland, starting with James Pain’s discovery of one of the oldest masonic relics in the world as he worked on Limerick City’s Baal’s Bridge in 1830 Kenneth L. Mitchell explores the ancient and continuing link between … Read more
