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Dan Winter’s Cottage

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“Dan Winter’s ancestral home – the focal point of the Battle Of The Diamond on 21st September 1795, which led to the formation of the Orange Order in Sloan’s house, Loughgall.”

Dan Winter’s cottage at “the Diamond” (the crossroad of Grange Road and Derryloughan Road) was occupied by (Catholic) Defenders as they marched towards the (Protestant) Peep-O-Day Boys on a nearby hill. 30 out of 300 Defenders would be killed while the Peep-O-Day Boys went unscathed. After the battle, the Protestant combatants met in Loughgall and formed the Orange Society. 10,000 Catholics would subsequently migrate from Armagh.

This is one of two buildings on Derryloughan Road with “Dan Winter’s Cottage” plaques.

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Orange Order Bicentenary

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“This monument is erected by the County Grand Orange Lodge of Armagh to commemorate the bicentenary of the formation of the Orange Order after the Battle Of The Diamond on 21st September 1795.” The monument is near “the diamond” itself – the cross-roads of Grange Road and Derryloughan Road.

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Armagh Orange Arch

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King Billy takes centre stage in the Orange arch in Armagh, flanked a variety of Orange symbols such as crossed keys, compass and set square, cross and crown, an anchor, and a coffin. “FCH” (reading from the bottom up, as the ladder would be ascended) stands for “Faith, hope, charity” – I Corinthians 13:13 is read during initiation.

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Harland And Wolff

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“RMS Titanic launched May 31 1911.” The design of RMS Titanic was overseen by Thomas Andrews Jr (among others) and constructed at Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast. Andrews was on the ship when it hit an iceberg and sank. Both he and captain Edward Smith went down with the ship.

Kenilworth Place, east Belfast

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The Terrible Deeds You Done

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“Human rights, democratic rights, civil rights. The civil, human, and democratic rights were taken away from these people by violent republicans IRA, INLA, RIRA – let us not forget” the victims of attacks at Claudy, La Mon, Tee Bane, Enniskillen, Bloody Friday, Omagh, Shankill, Darkley. “You cannot ask for freedom, when you take our freedom away/You cannot ask for justice, when you murder day by day/You told the world your story, you lied at every turn/You never said your sorry, for the terrible deeds you done.”

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Fearless

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The crest in the top left is of the “Cavehill Young Loyalists” who wrote on their website “The Cavehill Young Loyalists was formed on June 1999 in Westland, North Belfast by a group of young Protestants not willing to tolerate any more violence from the Irish Republican Movement, so they took up arms. Innocent Catholic families should have no fear of us as we attack legitimate Republican targets, but make no mistake we are in readiness, and fearless.” (archive.org). “Westland UFF 3rd batt K coy.”

Westland Road, north Belfast

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