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The Orange Order is strongly linked to British unionism. [113] [114] [115] This is a political ideology that supports the continued unity of the United Kingdom. Unionism is thus opposed to, for example, Irish reunification and Scottish independence. An Orange Hall in Ballinrees bedecked with Union Flags An anti "Sectarian March" sign in Rasharkin
The Orange Order proper was founded in Loughgall in County Armagh 21 September 1795 in the aftermath of this Battle of the Diamond. [20] Many of the Orange Order's terms and language are derived from Freemasonry (e.g. lodge, grand master, [18] and degrees.) The two movements have since grown apart; today the highest bodies in Freemasonry ...
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Richard Rutledge Kane (1841–1898) was a Church of Ireland minister, an outspoken Irish unionist and Orangeman, and an early patron of the Gaelic League.A dominant personality in the life of Belfast, his funeral procession in 1898 was purportedly one of the largest seen in the city.
Lord Roden was serving as deputy grandmaster of the Orange Order at the time. Historian Sean Farrell estimates there were between 1,200 and 1,400 marchers. [4] One magistrate estimated that about five hundred had guns. [4] A large group of Catholics from both the local area and beyond attempted to prevent the Orangemen from marching through the ...
Hundreds of Orange Order parades accompanied by loyalist marching bands are taking place in cities, towns and villages across the region. In Belfast, the Orange Order’s County Grand Master ...
He became a Captain in the local militia and a member of the Orange Order in later years. He helped finance the building of a plank road between Belleville and Camden. He served as warden for Hastings County from 1847 to 1862. Though he was Jewish, in 1836 he became grand master in British North America for the Orange Order, replacing Ogle ...
Ballinrees: Baile an Fhraoigh or Baile an Righ or Baile an Reisidhe: homestead of the heather or king's town or town of the reciter Ballybritain: Baile Bhriotáin: homestead of Britain Ballycaghan: Baile (Mhic) Eachaidh: homestead of Caghan Ballyclough: Baile Clog or Cloch: homestead of the bell or stone Ballydevitt: Baile (Mhic) Daibhéid ...