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Freemasonry and the First Day of the Somme.

1st July 201630th June 2016

Brethren, on the First Day of the Somme 1916, the population of Ulster was to suffer an awful devastating blow as their menfolk endured terrible losses in the killing fields of The Somme, as they went over the top at 7.30AM and charged into a maelstrom of death and destruction

The Poetry of James Orr – Ulster’s Rabbie Burns.

16th May 20167th May 2016

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Some of Orr’s Published Works. Brethren, Some 200 years ago, on the 24th April 1816 James Orr was buried in the old graveyard at Templecorran,…

Bi-Centenary of the Death of James Orr- The Bard of Ballycarry.

16th May 201629th April 2016

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Bi-Centenary of Death of James Orr- The Bard of Ballycarry ( Larne Times ). On the 200th anniversary of Orr’s death, a gathering at the Templecorran…