A full itinerary & YouTube footage can be viewed at www.maidencityfestival.com www.maidencityfestival.com Week long celebrations at Maiden City Festival http://www.newsletter.co.uk/The annual Relief of Derry parade takes place next SaturdayPublished Date: 01 August 2009 LONDONDERRY is set for another fantastic celebration

100 of Toy Vouchers To Be Won! The News Letter is searching for budding young artists! To celebrate the Twelfth we are encouraging our young readers to draw a' picture of their Twelfth of July. The drawing could be your

Scanned in from the News Letter June / July 2009Scottish lodges pledge to oppose all attempts to sever the UnionALMOST 15,000 Orange members from 257 lodges paraded on the streets of Glasgow and Cumnock " in Scotland on Saturday.Brethren heard

Published Date: 01 July 2009THE City Grand Orange Lodge of Londonderry has produced a Souvenir Booklet to celebrate the Lodge's 175th Anniversary milestone.A glossy publication of 112 pages, it begins with a foreword from the serving City Grand Master, Victor

Canadian `Twelfth`PREPARATIONS are taking place across the globe for the annual Twelfth celebrations on Monday.One of the largest parades outside Northern Ireland will be taking place in Toronto, Canada on Saturday, July 11.It will be the 189th consecutive display by

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ Published Date: 29 June 2009THE Twelfth is being promoted as a "major tourist attraction" in Ulster for American visitors. A delegation from the Order including Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, Drew Nelson, have just returned from a four

Based on a story in the Ulster News LetterFunding boost for Boys' festival www.newsletter.co.ukORGANISERS of the Maiden City Festival have breathed a sigh of relief after the OFMDFM offered them £40,000 to help keep their celebrations afloat. The Apprentice Boys

Three Twelfths demonstrations have been selected as flagships or the biggest festival in Northern Ireland.The flagships will be the standard bearers for the 18 demonstrations begin organised by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland on Monday July 13, 2009.The three

Somme Commemoration Service and Parade ON Wednesday July 1, 2009, Parade to assemble at Victoria Orange Hall Larne at 7.00pm. Commemoration Service will be held in the Remembrance Gardens at 8.00pm. The address will be given by Rev. Ian McClean

12th July 2009 Resolutions THE FAITH: We the Orangemen assembled at ... on the 13th of July 2009 give thanks to Almighty God for the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit throughout the world.As members of the Loyal Orange Institution

June 2009 West African Orangemen from Ghana & TogoA SENIOR member of the Grand Orange Lodge has said the recent racist attacks "are the work of closed minds and empty brains". Dr David Hume said such attacks could "never be

LANDMARK Orange Lodge is to be formed at a key corner of the Boyne battlefield - named after the year of the famous clash. Boyne Loyal Orange Lodge 1690 will be established next week on the banks of the River

based on a story in the News LetterThe Orange Order tells it`s own story- Drew Nelson Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, with Ghanian brethren in August 2006 The Orange Order opens a new chapter in its history

Ballyronan District Loyal Orange Lodge No 7 in South Londonderry, like many local lodges throught the year, hands over a cheque for £800 to the Magherafelt Macmillan Support Group raised through holding a Curtis Magee concert held in Ballyronan Marina

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has issued the following statement:That this Grand Lodge views with deep concern the proposed extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland.As an Institution we believe in civil and religious liberty and the

THE Orange Order has released its 2009 calendar, featuring stories from its popular Heroes From History exhibition. The exhibition at the Order's Belfast headquarters runs until early November, but the organisation hopes the calendar will be a more lasting reminder

At a meeting of Grand Lodge (in County Cavan the following resolution was passed: "The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland wholeheartedly supports the Homecoming Parade in Belfast on November 2, to publicly welcome home soldiers, sailors and air force personnel

The Orange Institution's ruling body - the Grand Lodge of Ireland - has met south of the border for the first time since partition.The Grand Lodge is the supreme governing body of the Orange Institution and meets four times a

Orangemen and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the new Boyne Centre in the Republic. MORE THAN 30 members of the Orange Order were in attendance at the opening of the Battle of the Boyne visitor centre, including former grand master

Four Twelfth demonstrations have been selected in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Tourism Ireland as flagships for the biggest festival in Northern Ireland. The flagships will be the standard bearers for the 18 demonstrations being organised by