Thousands at Orange parade in Donegal

Published Saturday, 07 July 2012

Several thousand people took part in the annual Orange Order parade through Rossnowlagh in Co Donegal on Saturday.

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Over 50 lodges took part in the march which comes ahead of the 12 July celebrations.

Orangemen from counties Monaghan and Cavan joined members from across Northern Ireland in the event, as well as visitors from around the world.

The 1.5 mile route was also covered by around 50 bands.

Big crowds flocked to the seaside resort to watch what will be the only march to take place in the Republic of Ireland to mark the Twelfth.

Grand Master Edward Stevenson told UTV it has always been an "excellent" parade.

He continued: "We have had good relationships over the years with local folks.

"There has never been any problems the last 35 years we have been parading on a year after year basis and nowhere could you go for a more idyllic setting for a 12th July demonstration, you have the Donegal Hills on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other."

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Peter in Belfast wrote (320 days ago):

Martin - wise up, Ryan - well said. As a Belfast Catholic I am very impressed by this. It is a great show of tolerance and understanding by our good neighbours in Donegal. We are all Irish, regardless of religion. If more people acted like this, on all sides, then the country would be a much nicer place.

seamas in belfast wrote (321 days ago):

Well done ROI. Did the Orange Order run the government in the South for over 50 years? Did they oversee a policy of discrimination against Catholics? Did they limit local government franchise and gerrymander electoral wards to keep Catholics out of power? Did they hire an exclusively protestant police force to whip, baton and gas Catholics into submission? No they didn’t. That’s why there were no protests.

ulster loyalist in belfast wrote (322 days ago):

martin in donegal,you know nothing about the orange order?why come on here and rant about it?and whats the children got to do with it?what have you ever done for ireland?nothing, me i served my country in the forces for over 25 years,funny you never come on here before moaning about the orange men?who woke you up?

what harm is the march doing in ulster wrote (322 days ago):

martin in donegal, how long has the orange order being doing this parade?has their ever been a protest against it?does it not bring thousands of euros into your country?do loyalists moan about the ancient order of hibernians holding parades in the six counties?get a life and let other irish men express their heritage, just because you a bitter republican .[ i am not a orange man but i get annoyed when people like you stick their bias noses in]

Ryan in Belfast wrote (322 days ago):

As an Irish Republican, i have no problems with the Orange Order parading in the Irish Republic. Its important for Irish Nationalists to make it very clear that the Irish Republican/Nationalists have NEVER been anti-protestant, as Irish history cleary shows. Wolfe Tone, an Irish Republican, was a Protestant. Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish Parlimentry Party also a protestant. League of United Irishmen founded by men who the majority were Protestant. I could go on.

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