Three townspeople of Stradbally, a small village situated about sixty miles from Dublin, Ireland, petitioned the Grand Lodge of Ireland for a Warrant to hold Masonic meetings there. The Grand Lodge issued the Warrant, numbered 712, to the petitioners on 1 April, 1790. The Warrant was later cancelled on 7 October 1813.
Prior to the Pacific War, the only Irish Lodge operating in the Far East was Lodge Erin No, 463 IC in Shanghai. On conclusion of the Pacific War, a number of Hong Kong brethren petitioned the Grand Lodge to erect an Irish Lodge in Hong Kong. The Warrant was duly issued by the Grand Lodge dated 9 December 1946. The number 712 was reissued and the Lodge named Shamrock Lodge. The Lodge was constituted on 8 February 1947 at 11 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. The Lodge's Jubilee re-dedication ceremony was held on 12 March 1997 at Zetland Hall.