Orange Order

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The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation based in Northern Ireland. The Orange Order was founded as a faction-fighting organisation in Loughgall, Ireland in 1795. Its members and supporters see it as a pious organisation, celebrating Protestant culture and identity. Its critics accuse it of being a load of crap

A typical Orangeman

In Northern Ireland politics it was formally associated with the Ulster Ulster Party until March 12, 2005. Many of its members also belong to the Double Ulster Party and loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Scouts.

1 History
2 Early Beginnings
3 Troubled Times
4 Contribution to Modern Culture
5 The Modern Era
6 External links

[edit] History

Founded in....around...lets say 1900, by Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, the orange order is a place were all da escaped monkeys from london-belfast gather together to beat drums nd hate catholics...great men!

In 1790 the local residents of Ballyhicklar began to feel threatened after reports that a Catholic had been seen roaming the fields at night raping women and killing cattle. They banded together to form an organisation which was initially called The Orange Organ. They constructed several giant luminous orange baton from local materials and took to roaming around at night in small groups hunting for the Catholic. By 1792 having failed to find any Catholics, and with a small element of scandal growing at the rituals the men had begun to take part in, the Orange Organ was disbanded.

By 1795 increased sectarian strife had begun to plague the Christian land. In the town of Ballyho, an exclusively protestant town, rumours began to spread among the population that some of the locals were secretly in league with the Roman Church. Most anecdotal evidence around the time suggests that these ideas where formed as a result of the poor Harvest. On the 12th of July a lynch mob rampaged through the town and took 10 young unmarried girls from their homes. The mob assembled outside the local church and after accusing them of heresy, treachery, and being fenians, they stoned them to death with the full force of God's love.

The ringleaders from this mob would, inspired no doubt by the tales of Ballyhicklar, shortly form together to become The Orange Order'

[edit] Early Beginnings

Slowly the popularity of the Orange Order grew, and new branches began to be set up across the country in protestant strongholds. It quickly developed a coordinated and cohesive framework of organisation, setting up the Pink Council as its governing body. The Pink Council then began to control activities, creating ceremonies, demonstrations, regulations and desecrations.

By 1800 regular parades were being held on the 12th of July to celebrate the Stony Ten. Large gangs of armed men would parade across the land in celebration of their defence of protestant culture. In time they would come to be accompanied by musical bands, (famous bands include Nirvana, The Rolling Who, and Boyzone) and local supporters who took to stoning anyone they saw who looked rather Catholic in God's Name

[edit] Troubled Times

The activities of the association began to attract the attention of the British Government. In 1938, after the Order invaded Poland and massacred some 50,000 Catholics they decided something had to be done. A commission was set up to look at the problem, and by 1968 a stern letter was posted to the Pink Council. This helped curtail most of the violent excesses

[edit] Contribution to Modern Culture

The origin of 1337 in particular the popular phrase LOL is directly attributable to the Orange Order's organisational structure, and named after the year of the birth of the Willy King, revered as the patron of the Order. Branches are known as Loyal Orange Lodges abbreviated to LOL, often a source of amusement to Catholics who were seen to remark "LOL, LOL 193" etc. Allegations that uninitiated members where historically referred to as N00bz cannot be substantiated.