Jim Edmundson after unveiling a new plaque to commemorate a tree planting ceremony in the Quaker Resting Grounds at Rosenallis in Co. Laois. Photo: © Kevin Byrne
First Irish Quaker celebrated
William Edmundson celebrated in Mountmellick
by Tara Craig
7th August 2015
Eighty Friends were among close to five hundred people who travelled to Mountmellick, Ireland, last week for the William Edmundson Homecoming.
The week-long celebration was organised by Mountmellick Heritage Society to commemorate the life of the Englishman and Friend, who came to be known as the ‘Irish Hammer’.
