NORTHERN RELAND, BELFAST : Kids watch a Pro British Loyalist band Parade on the Newtownards Road, east Belfast. Friday, June 24,
NORTHERN RELAND, BELFAST : Kids watch a Pro British Loyalist band Parade on the Newtownards Road, east Belfast. Friday, June 24, 2011. The Orange Institution commemorates William of Orange, the Dutch prince who became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In particular, the Institution remembers the victories of William III and his forces in Ireland in the early 1690s, especially the Battle of the Boyne. The 1790s were a time of political and religious conflict in Ireland. On one side were the Irish nationalists (mostly Irish Catholics, but also some liberal Anglicans) and on the other were the so-called "Protestant Ascendancy" and its supporters. In October 1791 the nationalist Society of United Irishmen was founded by liberal Protestants in Belfast. Its leaders were mainly Presbyterians. They called for a reform of the Irish Parliament that would extend the vote to all Irish men (regardless of religion) and give Ireland greater independence from Britain.
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Location: east Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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