The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants. Due to the
Dolly's Brae, site of the "Battle of Dolly's Brae" (1849) between Orangemen and Catholic Ribbonmen
An Orange banner showing the signing of the Ulster Covenant
Orangeman James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Drumcree Church in Portadown that was the focus of a conflict between Protestants and Catholics during the Troubles.
The Drumcree conflict or Drumcree standoff is a dispute over yearly parades in the town of Portadown in the north of County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is mainly Protestant and hosts numerous P
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…Protestants married to non-Protestants. Orange marches through Catholic neighbourhoods are controversial and have on occasion, led to violence, such as the Drumcree conflict. The Orange Order celebrates the civil and religious privileges conferred on Protestants by William of Orange, the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic…
Drumcree Church; the Catholic area is behind the camera
Some members of Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge marching in Armagh during the 12 July parades, 2009
An "Orange Arch" in Annalong. Similar arches are erected in Portadown each summer, including one at the end of the mainly nationalist and Catholic Garvaghy Road.
The underpass leading from the town centre (behind camera) to Obins Street (beyond the bridge). The area is known as "the Tunnel".