the Constitution of Ireland in 1972 along with that of the other recognized denominations and the "special position" of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Quakers in Ireland today Quakers claim to have circa 1,600 members on the island of Ireland. According to the Republic's 2016 Census, there were 848 members of the Society of Friends living in Ireland. The Friendly Word is a bimonthly magazine published by Quakers in Ireland. Rathgar Junior School and Newtown School, Waterford are Quaker-ethos schools. Drogheda Grammar School, while not governed by the Quakers, also follows broad Quaker values and hosts the Drogheda Quaker meeting. There is the Friends' School, Lisburn a preparatory school and grammar school. The Archives of the Religious Society of Friends are held in Quaker House, in Rathfarnham, and Meeting House, in Lisburn, Co. Antrim. In Dublin, there are four Quaker meeting houses, in Eustace Street, Churchtown, Monkstown, and Rathfarnham. The Friends Burial Ground, Dublin is in Temple Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. In Belfast, there are three meeting houses: South Belfast, Frederick Street, and Hillsborough. A meeting house was re-established in Limerick in the mid-1990s, beside the Quaker cemetery in Southville Gardens, Ballinacurra. There were earlier houses in Creagh Lane, and Cecil Street. The Cork Meeting House is in Summerhill South, Cork, opened in 1939 (replacing the 1833 house on Grattan St., itself a replacement for a 1678 house). There is a Quaker service every Sunday at St Nicholas National School, Waterside, Galway. The Society decided at its 2018 Ireland Yearly Meeting to allow same-sex marriages in their Meetings for Worship. References External links Quakers in Ireland Website Quaker Service - a charity based in Belfast, supporting people during difficult times All-Ireland organisations Christian denominations in Ireland