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Irish Government Officials Visit Orange Headquarters

26 January 2007

Representatives of the Republic of Ireland Government have visited the headquarters of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland at Schomberg House in East Belfast.

The officials gave an up-to-date briefing on the major scheme at the Battle of the Boyne site at Drogheda. The Irish Government is spending more than 20M Euro at the site and will create a battlefield interpretative centre and other facilities which will make it one of the biggest tourist attractions on the island of Ireland.

In November, a delegation from the Orange Order was shown around the site and given a presentation on the plans to develop it.

The Irish Government officials, some of whom had been to Schomberg House before, were welcomed by the Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Robert Saulters, other senior members of the Order and members from the Republic of Ireland.

They were shown around the large collection of Orange Order artefacts,banners, paintings and books. The display also includes King William's saddlecloth and riding gauntlets which are owned by the Orange Order as part of their Williamite Archive.

The delegation from the Republic of Ireland included Dr. Martin McAleese, Niall Burgess, Political Director Anglo-Irish Division, Peadar Carpenter, Anglo-Irish Division and Eugene Keane, Boyne Project Director.

Grand Master Robert Saulters said he was pleased to welcome them to Schomberg House:
"We have high hopes for the Boyne site and we have been working closely with the Irish Government to ensure that the historical exhibition there is put in context. This was a further opportunity to discuss developments. We are very proud of our collection of Orange artefacts and the delegation was clearly impressed by what they saw.

"It also gave us a chance to discuss our plans for a Williamite Trail which would trace the route taken by William and would be a major tourist attraction on both sides of the border.

"We invited senior representatives of the Orange Order from the Republic of Ireland to the meeting and they were able to raise other issues which are currently concerning them. It was a very positive meeting."


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