Ireland – Head of Freemasons debunks myths around world’s oldest secret society
(by Angela Davison, Belfast Telegraph, 15th January 2026)
As organisation toasts 300 years on the island, Richard Ensor talks secret handshakes, charity fundraisers, and why he’s not averse to women joining.
More than 300 years after officially organising in Ireland, the Freemasons remain to many people a mystery.
A shadowy society of secret handshakes, symbols and rituals whose strict adherence to privacy and conducting business behind closed doors has done little to dispel the myths and misunderstandings which have attached themselves down the centuries to the world’s oldest secret society…
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