Dublin & Wicklow L.O.L. 1313

Dublin attend seaside parade

July 8, 2011 Events, News

Dublin and Wicklow Orange Lodge will attend the annual Orange parade in Rossnowlagh Co. Donegal this Saturday, July 9. They join with fifty other lodges from the Republic of Ireland, as they descend upon the seaside town to celebrate their faith and culture. Nestled on the edge of the shoreline, Rossnowlagh is surely one of the [...]

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Bishop ‘empowered’ to tell our story

June 27, 2011 Comment

The Bishop of Cork, Rt. Rev. Paul Colton must be applauded for courageously drawing the State’s attention to the other ways in which people are Irish today. The Bishop rightfully points out that for too long “there was only one way in which you could meaningfully be said to be an Irish person – mythical Celtic, oppressed and [...]

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What is Britishness?

June 12, 2011 Comment, Culture

Speech by Dr. David Hume MBE, Director of Services, Grand Orange Lodge, to the New Perspectives on Britishness seminar series, University of Huddersfield, March 4, 2010 In his book “The Angry Island. Hunting the English”, author A. A. Gill recounts how a taxi driver in South Africa asked him whether England was like Cape Town. [...]

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Dublin & Wicklow Statement on HM’s Impending Visit

May 16, 2011 Comment, News

On the eve of the historic visit about to take place, the Officers and Brethren of Dublin & Wicklow L.O.L. 1313 would like to extend their warmest welcome to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the Irish Republic. As members of one of Irelands oldest Fraternities, and one which values highly it’s British cultural identity, [...]

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Congratulations to HRH Prince William and Princess Catherine

April 29, 2011 Comment

Dublin and Wicklow Loyal Orange Lodge 1313 would like to express our warmest congratulations to HRH Prince William and Princess Catherine on this their wedding day. We are proud that as Colonel of the Regiment, Prince William wore the uniform of the Irish Guards. This is a great honour to the Regiment and a sign of [...]

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Call for confidence from Archbishop

April 25, 2011 Comment

Sermon preached by the Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, the Most Reverend Michael Jackson Readings: Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4; St John 20:1-18 Colossians 3:4: When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. The most exciting part of Easter is the way in which [...]

Easter Encouragement from Dublin Archbishop

April 22, 2011 Comment

Easter Day rings out with a type of celebration which we often find difficult – and understandably. The death of those whom we love and know leaves us bereft and wandering in darkness and loneliness. Yet Easter speaks confidently and with celebration of the way in which Jesus Christ has overcome death and has opened [...]

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Catholic School gives Award to Orangeman

April 9, 2011 News, Orangeism

A Roman Catholic school in north Belfast has presented a reconciliation award to an Orangeman. The Terry Donaghy/Bearnageeha Reconciliation Award was presented this morning, April 7, by the former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to David Scott, Education Officer for the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland. The presentation took place, at the annual cross community breakfast in [...]

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Statement on HM Visit

March 29, 2011 News

ORANGE INSTITUTION WELCOMES QUEEN’S VISIT TO IRISH REPUBLIC The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has welcomed the announcement that Her Majesty, the Queen, is to visit the Republic of Ireland later this year. “We are pleased the Queen has been invited to the Irish Republic and that she has accepted the invitation. “It is an [...]

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New Archbishop of Dublin

February 2, 2011 Comment

Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson has been elected as the new Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough, by the Episcopal Electoral College for Dublin and Glendalough, which met at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin today. Bishop Jackson has been Bishop of Clogher, which spans both sides of the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, since 2002. In 2008, [...]