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Dublin Cleric celebrates 50th anniversary of his Ordination

August 18, 2010 News, Orangeism

Dublin Church of Ireland cleric, the Rev Gerry Sproule, recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his Ordination on 26th June 2010. Brought up in Co Wicklow, he joined LOL No 1377 in the Dublin and Wicklow District in 1945. Currently a member of Listullycurran LOL No 616 and Deputy District Chaplain of Lower Iveagh District No [...]

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Rossnowlagh Speech by Rev. S.T.R. Gamble

July 15, 2010 Orangeism

We meet today to give thanks to God for the civil and religious freedoms which we enjoy, and to promote and celebrate the events of the Glorious Revolution 1688-1690. The Glorious Revolution was not an Irish affair, not a battle between Protestant and Catholic, Unionist and Nationalist, not even a battle between the British and [...]

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Orangeman in Dublin, a Radio 1 Documentary

July 8, 2010 Audio, Culture, News, Orangeism

‘I see myself as a Royalist, as a member of the Orange Order I see the sovereign as the keystone. I have to be loyal to the country I live in and I’m happy to call myself Irish, but the sovereign Queen Elizabeth II I see as the keystone to a stable society. It’s my [...]

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Equal Citizenship Rights for the southern Minority

July 2, 2010 Comment

Nationalists in the south got a nation. Ulster Unionists got a country. Nationalists in Northern Ireland have had their identity legitimized by both governments by being given access to Irish citizenship. But what about us? You’d think that the natural progression from St Andrews and the Good Friday Agreement, with all it’s talking about healing [...]

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HM Queen Irish State Visit 2011

June 23, 2010 Comment, News

HM Queen will pay her first state visit to Republic of Ireland before the end of next year, the Irish Government has revealed. Dublin and Wicklow L.O.L. 1313 have been working behind the scenes and calling for this to happen for a number of years now and are hopeful that the ever increasing special relationship [...]