Reflections on Orange Day
As the Orange Day celebrations passed off without much incident in the North of Ireland, an unprecedented event happened “in Connaught” as …
A Land Worth Fighting For
This is a land worth fighting for” William of Orange – attrib. “I fought to liberate the Protestants, not oppress the Catholics” …
Toasting Two Kings
I was at the Aughrim Horse Fair last Sunday, and while viewing all of the horses – and the women! – there, …
Basket Across the Boyne
Smoke had cleared, blood clotted, breaths gone Flies feasted on the dead Victories armies raged the land Men fled to hills and …
King Billy and The Pope
The touring Orangemen in Stormont, To see the picture came, The victor of the Boyne, Who banished Popery to shame, But when …