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121. Iain Carlisle: Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland
November 11, 2024 · 54 min

Episode 121 is a conversation between Fender Jackson and Chief Executive of the Grand Orange Lodge Of Ireland Iain Carlisle.

Conversation includes: early life; Iain’s career path which led him to his current role as Chief Executive; the tercentenary of the Battle Of The Boyne of 1990; how Iain first got involved with the Orange Order; the timeline of the Museum of Orange Heritage; Dr. Jonathan Mattison, Museum Curator; the museum being a two site project with Sloan's House in Loughgall; key artefacts of the museum; the connections between the Orange Order and the Great War (World War I); museum visitors; the Lodge’s key interests; how Covid led to the organisation assisting all of the communities; selling the idea of Northern Ireland remaining in the United Kingdom; being a broad church politically; Brexit; the loyalty to the monarch; the changes of Ireland and UK; the different Protestant denominations; being the voice for all Lodges; balancing the values with cross community dialogue; identity; marching and 12th July; triumphalism; the things that flowed from the Battle Of The Boyne; the Boyne Obelisk; an overview of the Orange Order today; liberty; rebranding vs. telling the story better and being true to core principles as well as other topics.

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https://www.goli.org.uk

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