Ireland Yearly Meeting
| Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | Quakers |
| Polity | Congregationalist polity |
| Leader | Changes annually |
| Associations | Friends World Committee for Consultation, Irish Council of Churches |
| Region | Ireland |
| Founder | William Edmundson |
| Origin | 1654 Lurgan, County Armagh |
| Separated from | Church of Ireland |
| Congregations | 27 |
| Members | 1600 |
| Aid organization | Irish Quaker Faith in Action (IQFA), Christian Aid |
| Hospitals | 1 |
| Nursing homes | 1 |
| Primary schools | 1 |
| Secondary schools | 3 |
| Official website | quakers-in-ireland |
The Ireland Yearly Meeting is the umbrella body for the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland. It is one of many Yearly Meetings (YMs) of Friends around the world. A notable aspect of the Ireland YM is that it encompasses meetings with widely divergent Christian viewpoints from theologically conservative (evangelical) to theologically liberal. All meetings under its purview are in the unprogrammed tradition. It also includes meetings both in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland.