Orange Hall

Work began on our new Orange Hall at the end of April and it is hoped that it will be completed by late September this year. LOL 781 hope to officially open the new Hall and unfurl their new banner in the Autumn and the Lodge hope this will mark a new and exciting era in the Lodges long history. We hope the new Orange Hall will prove to be as valuable an asset to Donaghadee and the surrounding area as the old one was for so long.

Donaghadee's new Orange and Protestant Hall starts to take shape.

Parades

The first parade this year will be Upper Ards Distict LOL 11 Mini Twelfth to be hosted this year by the three Donaghadee Lodges LOL 241, LOL 781 & LOL 836. It will be held on Saturday the 28th June at 3.00pm and the district will parade from the bus station round the main part of the town and finish again at the bus station. It will be attended by all the Lodges that make up Dist. No 11.
The District Annual Divine Service will be held the following day Sunday 29th and will be held in Kirkistown.
Donaghadee's annual Somme Anniversary Service will be held as always on Tuesday 1st July at 8.00pm at the cenotaph in the town and the Lodges will then parade the town including Cypress Park.
Donaghadee Orange Divine Service is to be to be held on Sunday 6th July at 3.00pm, the service being held in Donaghadee Parish Church.
Portavogie True Blues LOL. 552 will have the honour of hosting the Annual Boyne Anniversary Celebrations this year and we would wish them well in their endeavours and look forward to what we are sure will be a proud day not only for LOL 552 but for our district as a whole on the 12th July 2008.

The Lodge have released a professionally framed limited edition print of a hand painted perspective drawing of the original Hall, by the architect CA Aickin dating from 1911. The prints are available from Lighthouse Leisure in New Street, Donaghadee and also from Joseph Long & Sons, Frances Street Newtownards or e-mail us for more information. The prints are priced at £25.00 and will be limited to 300 prints.
Click Here for details and a picture of the Limited Edition Print.