From the ashes of Hong Kong, Masonic life soon returned. On 15 January 1946, Zetland Lodge No. 525 held a 'meeting of members' in the Board Room of the Hong Kong Electric Company in the P&O Building. Zetland Hall itself had been destroyed during the war, but plans for a new building were drawn up by the Masonic internees whilst at Stanley.
The site of the old hall at Zetland Street was sold to the Hong Kong Electric Company for HKD900,000. The current site at 1 Kennedy Road, previously the St George Hotel, was then purchased and the foundation stone of the new Zetland Hall was laid on 2 April 1949.
However, for many years, the only Irish Lodge in the Far East was Lodge Erin No. 463 in Shanghai, China. Erin was well established there and at that time there was no thought or necessity to move from Shanghai. Therefore, a number of brethren in Hong Kong petitioned the Grand Lodge of Ireland for an Irish Warrant to be issued in Hong Kong.
The Warrant was issued on 9 December 1946. The number given was 712, and the name, Shamrock Lodge. This Warrant number 712 was, of course, the one originally issued on 1 April 1790 to the lodge that met in Stradbally, Ireland.