History | Dublin & Wicklow L.O.L 1313

Nationalists Stop Orange Parade in Newtowngore

November 2, 2010 History, Orangeism

One of the most potentially explosive situations regarding a serious outbreak of public disorder ever to have occurred in County Leitrim took place on Monday, 12th July 1931 in the village of Newtowngore. On that day local Orangemen from Leitrim and adjoining counties had planned a massive 12th of July celebration in Newtowngore. It was [...]

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An inconvient truth…

October 5, 2010 Comment, History

Outwardly and publicly those in political positions of power in the Republic have been portraying the country as a mature 21st century European State on good terms with it’s neighbours such as at joint British-Irish meetings , commemorations and such talk of an imminent visit of H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth etc. Internally the reality within the [...]

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“Cunucking” with our Orange Heritage

September 23, 2010 Culture, History

Brothers and Sisters it is with great pleasure that I was asked to contribute to Faith & Liberty Magazine. Although Ireland was the birthplace of the Orange Order, “The Order” as it commonly referred, was expanded throughout the empire. Among the colonies was that of British North America, which would later become the nation of [...]

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Witness statements from Irish rebellion and massacres of 1641 go online

March 9, 2010 Comment, History

The 31 handwritten volumes of embittered 17th-century testimony have been alternately hailed as the world’s first war crimes investigation or damned as a prototype dodgy dossier packed with black political propaganda. Witness statements taken after the Irish rebellion and massacres of 1641 – that provided Oliver Cromwell with justification for his infamous slaughter of the [...]

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Cork Protestant Hall

March 6, 2010 History

A religious controversy in 1858 in Cork led to the opening of the Protestant Hall, later called the Assembly Rooms. The Committee of the Athenaeum, now the Opera House, refused permission for an ex-priest called Gavazzi to lecture there. The Committee disliked the anti-Catholic tone of Gavazzi’s sermons. Many Protestants in the city were outraged at [...]

King William, Roscommon

December 21, 2009 History

The central , scenic garden setting of the Pleasure grounds in Boyle , County Roscommon provides a recreational resource for the community as well as a tourist attraction . Also part of the grounds aesthetic appeal is that in it’s centre it possesses a stone plinth which once supported a statue of King William 111 [...]

Who do You Think You Are – Dublin Orangemen 1916!

September 13, 2009 History, Orangeism

Genealogy is a fascinating subject and has the capacity to provide you with a glimpse of the past. For families, it provides the line from past to future generations and for society, it has the capacity to reflect changes which happen through historical and socio economic circumstances. From a tourism perspective Genealogy is big business [...]

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Loco sigilli – Je maintiendray

September 11, 2009 History

The Declaration of His Highness William Henry, by the Grace of God, Prince of Orange, etc., of the reasons inducing him to appear in arms in the Kingdom of England, and for preserving the Protestant religion, and for restoring the laws and liberties of England, Scotland, and Ireland.