Orange Hall

The new Donaghadee Orange and Protestant Hall was finally finished in October 2008. The task of rebuilding the new hall took two years from the old Orange Hall was destroyed by fire in September 2006 until the new hall was officially opened on October 11th 2008. Over the two years the Lodge put in a lot of work to ensure the new Orange Hall was built and with the help of the Friends of Moat Street, a committee set up in the wake of the fire to help raise funds, the hall was completed and refurnished to a very high standard.LOL 781 also received a vast amount of support from the people of Donaghadee and surrounding areas and cannot thank those people enough.

New Banner

The Lodge also had to replace their banner which was lost in the fire and their new banner was unfurled on the same day as the new hall was opened. The new banner depicts King William III crossing the Boyne on one side and the Lodge decided to revert to the image of Ridley and Latimer on the other side, this image had been used on all but two of the Lodges banners, the last one featured the Moat in Donaghadee and the very first one the Lodge had owned depicted a picture of Queen Victoria. The banner was painted by William Magowan of Brush Creations, Garvagh and the Lodge are delighted with the quality of the workmanship and the quality of the paintings on the banner.
For a detailed account of the work surrounding the new Orange Hall and reports on the official opening and banner unfurling CLICK HERE

Installation

The Lodges installation of officers took place on Thursday 8th January 2009, the first in the new Orange Hall .There was a good attendance of visitors from around the district. The installation was carried out by the Worshipful District Master of LOL District No. 11 and the Brethren enjoyed a great supper in the Orange Hall afterwards.

Orange Community Awards 2008

A number of the Brethren of LOL 781 attended "The Grand's", the Orange Community Awards held in Coleraine Town Hall on Saturday 31st January. The new banner was one of 5 banners from around the country nominated for the Best New Banner award, sadly we did not win, but the award deservedly went to Spa LOL 620 whose banner depicted a portrait of Corporal David Brian Brown a member of LOL 620 and a dog handler with 3rd Co. Down Battalion UDR who was murdered in Kilkeel, Co. Down in May 1986 by an IRA bomb.
Click Here For a report on the Orange Community Awards and Photographs.

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 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.