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Article: Tensions in an ancient relationship; BILLY KENNEDY examines the tensions between the Orange Order and the Ulster Unionist Party as a result of the Good Friday agreement; The 110-year link between the Orange Order and UUP may be on the verge of collapse.(News)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- May 24, 1998
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ONE significant factor in the bitter referendum campaign within unionism has been the fracturing of the link between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Orange Order.
Relationships have soured so much between Glengall Street and the House of Orange that many within the memberships of both organisations believe that now is the time to sever the historic connection.
An alliance that was first forged during the 1880s at the time of the Home Rule debate at Westminster is perceived by an increasing body of Orangemen to have outlived its usefulness, and the break ...