A notice for “Ballynahinch Orange festival – flagship 12th – Thursday 12th July” sits in the window of the Orange Hall, “AD 1932” in Dromore Road.
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Orange Festival
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Ballynahinch Protestant Boys
“Lest we forget – battle of the Somme 1916”, with the names of 24 WWI battles. Ballynahinch Protestant Boys flute band (Fb), “est. 2000”
Main Street, Ballynahinch
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The Men Of Downpatrick
“In memory of the men of Downpatrick who gave their lives for others in the Great War 1914-1918.” The plaque in the wall (to the right) is to “Pte JJ Cochrane, 3rd Btn Co Down UDR”.
Strangford Road, Downpatrick
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Milltown Arch
This is the arch in Milltown Street, Dungannon. The panels show (left) William, Prince Of Orange and (right) the B-Special and UDR on either side of an Ulster Banner in the shape of Northern Ireland, and, (left) Milltown Arch Committee, Dungannon, and (right) the surnames of the thirteen apprentice boys who shut the gates of Derry against the forces of James II in 1688.
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Moygashel Arch
This is the arch in Moygashel, home to LOL 708 and WLOL 106.
Mullybrannon Rd, Moygashel
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For The Protestant Religion
On one side of the main board in this arch is King Billy and on the other flags and a coat of arms associated with the Orange Order. One of the flags reads “For the Protestant religion – Constitution 1688“; on the ribbon banner are the words “Sit lux [et] lux fuit. [Let there be light, and there was light]”
Previously seen in 2006.
Scotch Street, Armagh
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Richhill LOL
Images of the arch in Main Street/Corcreevy Road, Richhill, Co. Armagh, next to the DUP advice centre.
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King William III Portrait Project
For the Twelfth Of July, 2012, portraits of William Of Orange, as coloured by Charter Youth Club, Sandy Row and Donegall Place Youth Club, were displayed along the Lisburn Road, Belfast.
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Fountain Bonfire
Here is the Fountain (Londonderry) bonfire on July 11th, just hours before burning. On the top are Irish Tricolours, the Starry Plough, a 32CSM flag, and the flag of the Basque Country.
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Staır Na Gaeılge
Staır na Gaeılge in Ard Eoın ‘s Machaıre Bhotháın. [The history of Irish in Ardoyne and Marrowbone]
The three figures at the top are from left to right – Seán Mac Dıarmada (who was from Leitrim but was a boarder for a time in Butler Street), Pól De Léıgh, Seán McCaughey; the mini-bus driver is Brendan Bradley. The green-and-yellow uniforms are from Coláıste Feırste. Signed “M Doc 2011” (Michael Dochartaıgh).
The plough was an ancillary to The Great Hunger.
With support from Glór [An Tuascırt] and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Ardoyne Avenue, north Belfast
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