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Loyal Orders

Loyal Order websites range from the directly political to the exclusively religious. Some Orange Order websites, particularly outside Northern Ireland, explicitly distance themselves from the politics of Northern Ireland while others are dominated by the topic. This list excludes sites with no contemporary political references to Northern Ireland but includes those that, for example, display an orange ribbon in solidarity with the Drumcree Orangemen, link to loyalist or unionist websites or emphasise the Northern Ireland aspect of the Orders by displaying the Northern Ireland flag. It also includes a small number of sites which are not explicitly political but whose guestbooks have attracted significant volumes of political comment. It also includes central official websites even where those sites do not have directly political content. Several of the sites below are unofficial, representing an individual member or a webmaster who does not claim to be running an official site.

Several new Orange lodges have been established in the United States since the first new lodge in 20 years was set up in Torrance, Southern California in 1998. Some of these new lodges differ dramatically from older lodges in the US in their willingness to associate themselves directly with the Orange Order in Northern Ireland. Their websites are hosted by Orangenet while some of the sites display Northern Ireland flags and link to material on contemporary politics in Northern Ireland. By contrast, the older Orange lodges in the US often deliberately distance themselves from the Orange Order in Ireland.

Relatively few loyal order websites have become defunct, reflecting the fact that websites connected to an offline organisation are more persistent than those which only exist online and the fact that Orange lodges do not dissolve and dissappear as easily as loyalist bands or soccer supporters' clubs.

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The Orange Order: Northern Ireland

Battlehill LOL 395.
Created: 22/12/00. Viewed: 10/3/03;* 23/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.battlehill395.freeserve.co.uk/

Bleary Crimson Star LOL 12, Lurgan.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://blearycrimsonstarlol12.s5.com/bcs.htm

City Of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge.
Viewed: 27/7/04. Defunct by 21/3/05.
http://www.orangenet.org/londonderry/
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.orangenet.org/londonderry/

Comber District LOL No15.
Viewed: 2/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.orangenet.org/comber/

Drumaheagles LOL 1099.
Defunct by 3/03.
http://www.lol-1099.dot.nu/
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lol-1099.dot.nu/

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
Viewed: 23/7/04;* 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.grandorange.org.uk

Markethill District LOL 10, Co. Armagh.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.nireland.com/dlol10/

Newtownards District LOL 4.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.newtownardsorange.org.uk/

OrangeNet, "the hub of orangeism on the net".
Viewed: 2/03;* 23/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.orangenet.org

Portadown District Orange Lodge No. 1.
Viewed: 21/9/05.
http://www.portadowndistrictlolno1.co.uk/

St. Paul's Church Defenders LOL 1960.
Viewed: 10/3/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.lol.1960.50megs.com/about.html

Shankill Road Heroes LOL 1923, Belfast.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://website.lineone.net/%7Elol.1923/index.htm


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The Orange Order: Scotland

Robert Campbell Memorial LOL 153, Cumbernauld. Scotland.
Viewed: 27/7/04. Defunct by 21/3/05.
http://www.lol153.com/
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lol153.com/

St Andrews True Blues LOL 209, Perth, Scotland.
Hosted by Calton radio.
Viewed: 2002/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05.
http://www.geocities.com/lol209scotland/
Viewed: 21/9/05.
http://www.lol209perth.com/

Tranent True Blues LOL 228, East Lothian, Scotland.
Site launched: 25/2/02.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://groups.msn.com/TranentTrueBluesLOL228District44
Wishaw True Blues LOL No. 208, Scotland.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.angelfire.com/or3/wishawtrueblues/index.html

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The Orange Order: England and Wales

Calton Protestant Defenders LOL 221.
Viewed: 2/03.*
http://groups.msn.com/CaltonProtestantDefenders/homepage.msnw
Not available in the Internet Archive.
Viewed: 24/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.calton221.com/

Cymru LOL 1922, Swansea.
Viewed: 10/3/03.* Defunct by 26/7/04.
http://www.geocities.com/lol_1922/
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.com/lol_1922/

Defenders of Derry LOL 763, Liverpool.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.defenders.org.uk/

King William III LOL 11, Portsmouth, England.
Viewed: 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.orangelodge.mcmail.com/main.htm

Martyr's Memorial LOL 213, Oxford.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/4657/

Tyneside District LOL 46, England.
Viewed: 27/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.freewebs.com/district46/

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The Orange Order: The United States of America

The Loyal Orange Institution of the USA.
Viewed: 26/2/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.orangeusa.org/
Viewed: 26/2/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.orangenet.org/loiusa/OrangeUSA.html
St Andrew's Cross LOL 1638 Springfield, Missouri USA.
Viewed: 26/7/04;* 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.geocities.com/sonsofulster/standrewscross.html

Sons of Ulster LOL 899, Fayette, Missouri USA.
Viewed: 26/7/04;* 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.geocities.com/sonsofulster/sonsofulster.html

Ulster-Scots LOL 1690, California.
Hosted by Orangenet.
Site launched: 1999.
Viewed: 26/2/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.orangenet.org/loiusa

United Loyal Orange Lodge 228, New York City.
Viewed: 26/2/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.unitedlol228.org/

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Apprentice Boys of Derry

City of Perth Campsie Club, ABOD, Scotland.
Viewed: 26/7/04; 21/3/05.
http://www.geocities.com/perthcampsie/
Viewed: 21/9/05.
http://www.perthcampsie.com/

Govan and Renfrew ABOD, Scotland.
Viewed: 2/03.* Site disabled by 21/3/05.
http://www.govanrenfrew.homestead.com/index.html
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.govanrenfrew.homestead.com/index.html

Laurieston and Southside ABOD branch.
Viewed: 2/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.geocities.com/davie1689/lauriestonandsouthside.html

Mitchelburne Club, Ballymoney Branch, ABOD.
Viewed: 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.geocities.com/mitchelburnebm/

Thames and Avon Branch of the Murray Club, ABOD, England.
Viewed: 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.geocities.com/graham_f5_uk/

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Royal Black Preceptory

RBP 744 "The Prince " "Royal Black Preceptory 744" Portadown Chapter No. 5.
Created: 14/02/01. Viewed: 10/3/03;* 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://rbp744.freeservers.com/

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The Independent Orange Order

Independent Loyal Orange Institution.
Viewed: 26/7/04; 21/3/05; 21/9/05.
http://www.iloi.org/

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Document information
Author: Niall O Dochartaigh
First produced: August 2004
Updated: 21/3/05; 21/9/05.