Talk:Orangism
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Aughavey 3 July 2005 16:31 (UTC)
I don`t think you can say the Orange Order is largely unrelated. The Order is named after King William of Orange, of the house of Orange.
It is largely unrelated. Orangism in the Netherlands is a popular royalist sentiment, while in Northern Ireland it is the ideology of Protestants who trace their idendity back to the Glorious Revolution. The Glorious Revolution happened to be led by William III of Orange. Interesting to note is that he had no rights to the British throne whatsoever. Mary, the rightful queen (James II being deposed by parliament), only wanted to rule if William became joint ruler. William in turn only became king because English forces were most welcome in his incessant wars against France. For William the Orangemen were just handy manpower, a force that could defend his rule against James II. I don't think that he did connect with the Orangemen's cause when it came to fighting the Irish Catholics in general. The Orangemen just admired him and named their organizations after him --84.26.109.69 14:51, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
