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Alabama OO Marches in N Irish 12th Parade

Posted By: July 12, 2005

Alabama Orange Order Marches in Northern IrelandOrange Twelfth parades under way BBC. Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Nineteen Orange rallies are being held acrossNorthern Ireland Orangemen from the US are among thousands ofmarchers taking part in the annual Twelfth ofJuly celebrations in Northern Ireland. The lodge from Alabama has travelled toTobermore, County Londonderry, where one of […]

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Byzantine rituals of the Orange Order

Posted By: July 12, 2005

Byzantine rituals of the Orange Order Irish Times. Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Our Fathers knew thee, Rome of old, And evil isthy fame . . . From Hymn 757 of the FreePresbyterian Hymnal, writes Fiachra Gibbons. This morning in Belfast as the embers of the 11thNight bonfires die away and the last remainingrevellers stagger home […]

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