Orange Order

The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation largely based in the province of Ulster, Ireland

Related organisations

There are two related organisations, the Apprentice Boys of Derry (named after Protestant guild apprentices who closed the city gates on a Jacobite army seeking to enter the walled city of Londonderry in 1688 and helped withstand the siege of Derry), whose roots lie in urban working-class Protestant communities, and the Royal Black Preceptory. The latter has been the most willing of the marching groups not to enter Catholic areas without permission. There is some dispute as to the RBP's origins, some suggesting that they are descended from the remnants of the Knights of the Order of St John.

Related Topics:
Apprentice Boys of Derry - Apprentice - Jacobite - Londonderry - 1688 - Siege of Derry - Royal Black Preceptory - Knights of the Order of St John

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