2026-09-27 13:04 UTC
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz Bloomin eck. Ok there is a wee bit of context.
Ulster Unionism is the largely Protestant movement that believes the six counties of Northern Ireland, which did not exist as an entity in any form before the 1920s, should be part of the UK. “Loyalism” is generally referring to the working class and/or paramilitary strain of Ulster Unionism.
The Orange Order is a Protestant Loyalist anti-Catholic society, imagine the Freemasons with the attitudes of the Ku Klux Klan. (Contd)
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@Nickiquote@mstdn.social 2026-09-27 13:07
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz The Orange Order do marches every summer, essentially triumphalist marches which intimidate the Catholic community. The routes of those marches are contentious as they pass through Catholic areas. The Drumcree conflict over this orange lodge passing down this road was a huge flashpoint for conflict in the 1990s. What is happening now is an unwelcome revival of that. And from that point the Wikipedia article might be the best place to pick up.