William Edmondson or Edmundson[1] was the founder of Quakerism in Ireland. He a soldier in the Parliamentary Army, and left England to live in Ireland. He established the first Meeting House in Lurgan, Ireland in 1654. After this first establishment, he spent the rest of his life building the Society of Friends in Ireland. He lived most of his life in the once Quaker village of Rosenallis, Co Laois (aka County Leix, aka Queen's County), where he had a residence at Tineal House.
Information on his Family Tree and Genealogy can be found here: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/EDMONDSON%20Surname%20Y-DNA%20Project/default.aspx?section=news