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.
Contents
The Orange Order: Northern Ireland
Battlehill LOL 395. |
Bleary Crimson Star LOL 12, Lurgan. |
City Of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge. |
Comber District LOL No15. |
Drumaheagles LOL 1099. |
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland. |
Markethill District LOL 10, Co. Armagh. |
Newtownards District LOL 4. |
OrangeNet, "the hub of orangeism on the net". |
| Portadown District Orange Lodge No. 1. Viewed: 21/9/05. http://www.portadowndistrictlolno1.co.uk/ |
St. Paul's Church Defenders LOL 1960. |
Shankill Road Heroes LOL 1923, Belfast. |
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The Orange Order: Scotland
Robert Campbell Memorial LOL 153, Cumbernauld. Scotland. |
St Andrews True Blues LOL 209, Perth, Scotland. |
| 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 |
The Orange Order: England and Wales
Calton Protestant Defenders LOL 221. |
| 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. |
King William III LOL 11, Portsmouth, England. |
Martyr's Memorial LOL 213, Oxford. |
Tyneside District LOL 46, England. |
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. |
Ulster-Scots LOL 1690, California. |
United Loyal Orange Lodge 228, New York City. |
Apprentice Boys of Derry
City of Perth Campsie Club, ABOD, Scotland. |
Govan and Renfrew ABOD, Scotland. |
Laurieston and Southside ABOD branch. |
Mitchelburne Club, Ballymoney Branch, ABOD. |
| 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.