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FEATURES
NEWTOWNARDS
HOSTS LECTURERS' CONFERENCE
Lecturers from across 19 District Lodges took up invitations to
attend the conference and see the Orange & Purple degrees
performed by the Newtownards District Lecturer and his team... [read
more]
TWELFTH
2007 IN HOLYWOOD
Orangemen and women, band members,
spectators and traders combined to make up several thousand
participants in Holywood for 12th July celebrations involving the
Down Districts of Newtownards, Bangor, Holywood and Upper
Ards... [read
more]
THE BEGINNINGS
OF ORANGEISM IN NORTH DOWN
The earliest centre of Orangeism in
North Down was Newtownards, where LOL 481 was formed in 1797, some
two years after the birth of the modern Orange Order... [read
more]
PAST DISTRICT
MASTERS' PORTRAIT UNVEILING
The brethren of Newtownards
District gathered in the last week of March to honour three of it's
most respected Past District Masters... [read
more]
TOTAL
ABSTAINERS LOL 991
The site page of LOL 991, who ceased to operated in July 2006,
after 111 years... [read
more]
THE 2006 TWELFTH IN BANGOR
Over one hundred Lodges and their
bands paraded before thousands of spectators in Bangor this 12th of
July to mark the
316th anniversary of the victory by William of Orange at the Battle of the
Boyne... [read
more]
RECENT CHARITABLE DONATIONS
Photographs taken following recent donations made to charitable
organisations...
[read
more]
APPRENTICE BOYS CELEBRATE CENTENARY
The
Newtownards branch of the
Apprentice Boys of Derry Club celebrates its centenary year in 2005... [read
more]
THE
NEWTOWNARDS TWELFTH - 2005
Photos
from the 315th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the North
Down demonstration in Newtownards... [read
more]
'IT'S
NOT JUST A 12TH OF JULY THING'
Most
people fail to appreciate that Orange Lodges are active twelve
months of the year, and that one of the principle functions of their
all year round activity is fundraising for charities... [read
more]
APPRENTICE
BOYS ON PARADE IN NEWTOWNARDS
2005
sees the coming together of the three loyal orders on parade in
Newtownards. The summer will see the town play host to Orangemen on
the 12th of July, before the brethren of the Royal Black Institution
hold their parade on the last Saturday in August. However the
Apprentice Boys of Derry clubs got the marching season going by
parading Newtownards on Easter Monday... [read
more]
MEMORABILIA
DISPLAY
A
display of old artifacts belonging to the loyal orders in Ards went
on display in Newtownards Orange Hall in July 2004...
[read
more]
THE TWELFTH
IN DONAGHADEE, 2004
Photos
of Newtownards Lodges and bands on parade on 12th July 2004... [read
more]
THE
TWELFTH 2003 - HOLYWOOD
A look at the Twelfth Day parade in Holywood
celebrating the 313th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in
pictures... [read
more]
JOHNSTON,
GRAND LODGE and the PARTY PROCESSIONS CONTROVERSY
The story of one man's opposition to the Party Processions Act of
1850, which placed a ban on all organised parades, which culminated
in a massive demonstration from Newtownards to Bangor in 1867 and
resulted in Johnston's imprisonment...
[read
more]
THE LAMBEG
DRUM
An extensive look at the history and origins of the famous Lambeg
Drum, which has long been associated with Orange marches and
continues to be carried in Newtownards to this day... [read
more]
A RAY OF
HOPE
An article on Newtownards District's continued sponsorship of
children at Asha Kiran Special School in Bangalore, India who have
benefited immensely because of the funding we provide... [read
more]
NEWTOWNARDS
ORANGE HEROES OF WORLD WAR I
A look at the contribution made by Orangemen from Newtownards lodges
during the Great War of the early twentieth century, listing
individuals and footnotes on their service... [read
more]
NEWTOWNARDS
LENDS SUPPORT TO DRUMCREE
Words and pictures recalling a visit by members of Newtownards
District to 'the hill' at Drumcree on Sunday February 9 when the
District again displayed its support for the Portadown brethren... [read
more]
THE
TWELFTH 2002 - NEWTOWNARDS
A look back at 'The Twelfth' in Newtownards, 2002 in pictures... [read
more]
LODGE
PICTURES FROM THE PAST
A collection of lodge group photos from the past, dating back to
1897... [read
more]
RECENT
DISTRICT PHOTOS
A small collection of photograph from recent District events... [read
more]
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