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Orange Order

The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants. Due to the spread and outreach of Orangeism, there are lodges around the world, with lodges in England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and the United States, as…

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Founded
21 September 1795; 230 years ago (1795-09-21) Loughgall, County Armagh, Kingdom of Ireland
Headquarters
Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Affiliation
Independent
Chapters
1,400 lodges
Emphasis
Protestant
Nickname
Orange Order

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Orange Order

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related to Historiography · 46
Orange Order → Battle, Belfast, Both, Boyne, Catholics, Cross, Director, Division's, DUP, Ernest Baird, Furthermore, Gaelic, Gordon Lucy, Grand Lodge, In, Ireland's Heritage, Irish, James II, LOL, Loyal Orange
related to Since 1921 · 35
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related to Relationship with loyalist paramilitaries · 34
Orange Order → An Orange Order, Another Shankill Butcher, Billy McCaughey, Brian Robinson, Cloughfern Young Conquerors, Coleraine-based Freeman Memorial, David Ervine, Davy Payne, Eddie McIlwaine, Ernie Elliott, For, George Seawright, Gusty Spence, However, It, John Bingham, John Gregg, McIlwaine, McIlwaine's, Old Boyne Island Heroes
related to Suppression · 33
Orange Order → According, Boston Commercial Gazette, Catholic, Catholic Association, Catholic Emancipation, County Cavan, Daniel O'Connell, Dublin, Dumreilly, From, In, Ireland, Irish Catholic, Irish Parliament, July, May, MPs, O'Connell's, October, On
related to Tenant right, labour and the Independent Orange Order · 32
Orange Order → Antrim, Armagh, Ballymoney, But, Captain Charles Boycott, Cavan, County Cavan, County Mayo, County Monaghan, F's, Famously, Fermanagh, Gladstone's, Independent Orange Order, Independents, IOO, Ireland, Irish Conservatives, Land Act, Land League
related to Structure · 29
Orange Order → Antrim, Armagh, As, At, Belfast Grand Lodge, Cavan, Central Committee, City, County Lodges, Depending, Donegal, Down, Each, Fermanagh, Grand Lodge, Grand Orange Lodge, Ireland, Leitrim, Londonderry, Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge
related to North America · 28
Orange Order → American, Battle, Boyne, British, Canada, Canadian, Conservative Party, Eighth Avenue, In, Irish, Irish Catholic, It, Lamartine Hall, Manhattan, New York City, New York National Guard, Newfoundland, Ogle Robert Gowan, Ontario, Orange Riots
related to Politics · 26
Orange Order → At, Between, Brian Faulkner, British, Due, In, Irish, James Chichester-Clark, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Parliament, Order, Prime Ministers, Prime Ministers Terence O'Neill, Scottish, The Orange Order, The Order, The Troubles, The UUC, This, Ulster Unionist Council
related to Parades · 25
Orange Order → All, Carrickmore, Catholicism, Coalisland, Counties Armagh, County Down, Crossmaglen, Cushendall, Draperstown, Dungiven, Fermanagh, In, Irish, July, Most Orange, Northern Ireland, Orange, Order's, Parades, Rostrevor
related to Role in the partition of Ireland · 25
Orange Order → April, British Conservative Party, Commons, From, Germany, Home Rule, House, However, In, It, Larne, Orange Lodges, Orangemen, Order, The Orange Order, The Order, There, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster, Ulster Covenant

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Orange OrderEmphasisProtestant1.00infobox
Orange OrderFounded21 September 1795; 230 years ago (1795-09-21) Loughgall, County Armagh, Kingdom of Ireland1.00infobox
Orange OrderHeadquartersBelfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom1.00infobox
Orange OrderNicknameOrange Order1.00infobox
Orange OrderScopeInternational1.00infobox
Orange OrderStatusActive1.00infobox
Orange OrderTypeFraternal order1.00infobox
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