Orangeism has historical links with the capital as the first ever Grand Lodge of Ireland met in Dawson Street in 1795.
He divides his research of those ordinary Protestants into three topics--"
Orangeism," "Covenanters," and "Exodus?"--each a term of a particular narrative.
Allison O'Mahen Malcom makes a very interesting argument that
Orangeism hijacked Loyalist values in Upper Canada during the 19th century.
(11) They were challenging times with
Orangeism rife and significant sectarianism against Catholics.
These secret societies stood in opposition to
Orangeism and admitted responsibility for acts of sabotage and violent riots with the Orange Order in the North, or organized resistance to paying tithes to the Protestant Church of Ireland.
Other than that devoted to 'the political and paramilitary representation' of the 'Protestant working class', all have some historical dimension, though this is restricted to one essay each in the sections devoted to 'identity and culture' (Thomas Hennessy, 'The Evolution of Ulster Protestant Identity in the Twentieth Century: Nations and Patriotism', chapter 18) and 'the Orange tradition' (Peter Day, '
Orangeism in Liverpool since 1945', chapter 19).
Loyal to the core?;
orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland.
(73) Certainly there were many opportunities for Scots to interact and socialise--business ventures, religious activities, freemasonry,
Orangeism, newspapers, public houses, schools, the Mechanics Institution, even amateur theatricals--but most of these had limited memberships and some of them were sources of division, including the rival Presbyterian churches.
(25) As with the paper's proprietor and editor, Shields too would become initiated into the mysteries of
Orangeism, becoming a member of Sproule LOL No.
Kevin Haddick Flynn is the author of
Orangeism: The Making of a Tradition (Wolfhand, 1999) and Sarsfield and the Jacobites (Mercier Press, 2003).
Unionism and
Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945: The Decline of the Loyal Family.