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Article: Orange Order celebrates opening of new HQ.(Features)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Byline: Story by BILLY KENNEDY Pictures by TONY WAUGH
Ten thousand Orangemen and women turned out for the opening of the new Schomberg House headquarters of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland on Saturday.
Headed by more than 30 bands, the lodge members from across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland and England paraded over a four-mile route through east Belfast.
The various contingents paraded in county formation from the main assembly point at Templemore Avenue, with the Belfast districts marching from Ballynafeigh Orange Hall. ...