GREGG (of Londonderry.) THE APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY , AND NO SURRENDER ! OR , 2 . PROTESTANT HEROISM TRIUMPHANT OVER POPISH MALIGNITY ; BEING A SUCCINCT AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF DERRY , BY JAMES THE SECOND AND HIS POPISH ...
The book examines the evolution and current significance of the parading tradition in Ireland. Since 1995, confrontations over parades have existed side by side with the Northern Ireland peace process.
Dating from a small monastic settlement in the 6th century, Derry's strategic position meant that by Elizabethan times it was a fortress city, and it has been witness to some of the most bitter conflicts in Irish history.
In the first major study of the Protestant Loyalist Orange Order, Dominic Bryan provides a detailed ethnographic and historical study of Orange Order parades.
... Apprentice Boys of Derry, who celebrate the 'shutting of the gates' in December and the relief of the city in August. It is also used as a shibboleth by politicians and others, while some academics consider that the siege continues in a ...
This book traces the events surrounding the 1688 siege of Londonderry by Catholic soldiers.
... Apprentice Boys of Derry , which has seven parent clubs in Derry and branches throughout Ulster and in England , Scotland , and America . In Derry stands the Apprentice Boys Hall , built in 1873. Each December 7 the Protes- tants of ...
... APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY ( ABD ) . One of the three main Protestant Loyal Orders , the ABD was formed in the 1850s to com- memorate the siege of Derry of 1689 , specifically the closing of the gates of Derry on the army of King James II ...
... Apprentice Boys of Derry , which holds parades commemorating the closing of the city gates by the apprentice boys during the Siege of Derry in 1688. There is considerable overlap in membership among these groups . For example ...
... Apprentice Boys of Derry , a Protestant fraternal organisation . In 1788 , at the centenary of the siege , it was commemorated in Derry with an interdenominational procession , including the Catholic bishop and clergy , to the Church of ...