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	Apprentice Boys of Derry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The flag of the Apprentice Boys is a crimson banner, representing the blood that flowed in Derry for freedom and liberty.
		The Apprentice Boys role in the celebrations became more important in the early nineteenth century which saw the establishment of the Apprentice Boys of Derry Club in 1814 and the No Surrender Club in 1824.
		The Apprentice Boys placed the statue which was on top of it in a newly constructed Memorial garden beside the Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apprentice_Boys_of_Derry (1176 words)

	THE APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY
		The Liverpool Campsie Club is a Branch Club of the Apprentice Boys of Derry Association; this association was formed to commemorate the "brave 13" Apprentice Boys who closed the gates of Londonderry in the famous siege of that Historic City in the year 1688.
		Early in the nineteenth century the Apprentice Boys movement began to adopt a more definite role in the celebrations, The Apprentice Boys of Derry Clubs was founded in 1814 and a medal was struck, it is recorded that there was musketry firing from the Cathedral and volleys fired over the Gates.
		The Clubs associated with this soiree were the Apprentice Boys, Mitchelbourne, Baker, Murray, Walker, Browning and Cairns, The latter appears to become defunct after this to be replaced possibly by the revived No Surrender, Campsie and Williamite Clubs continued to flourish until 1884 although their presence was not recorded at the famous 1861 gathering.
	www.orangenet.org /lcc/lcc1.htm (1308 words)

	One Day in August
		Despite prior assurances given by the General Committee of the Apprentice Boys of Derry concerning the behaviour of their members, a substantial number of Apprentice Boys were involved in behaviour which was abusive, sectarian and sexist in character and calculated to cause offence.
		The last time the Apprentice Boys paraded the complete walls was 27 years ago in 1969 and it precipitated the rioting and disturbances which led to the introduction of British soldiers onto the streets of Derry and Belfast.
		The Apprentice Boys should not be allowed to parade on the west wall unless with the agreement of the residents of the Bogside and adjoining areas.
	www.serve.com /pfc/orders/aug1995.html (9929 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Who are the Apprentice Boys?
		At the start of the siege of Londonderry in 1689, 13 apprentice boys slammed the city gates against the army of the Catholic King James II.
		The Apprentice Boys of Derry, one of the Protestant Loyal Orders, is based upon this defiant action of "no surrender".
		In Derry, the Apprentice Boys marched around the city's historic walls for the first time in many years, and republicans who mounted a sit-down protest were removed by the RUC.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/420061.stm (477 words)

	RTE News - Apprentice Boys' parade passes off peacefully
		The parade was part of the Apprentice Boys' annual Easter Monday parades, which are the first events of the loyalist marching season.
		In south Belfast, a small group of Apprentice Boys was prevented from parading along the mainly nationalist Lower Ormeau Road to the city centre.
		The Apprentice Boys spokesman, Tommy Cheevers, said this morning that they were saddened that a "peaceful and orderly expression of culture" had again been obstructed.
	www.rte.ie /news/1999/0405/parade.html (481 words)

	The Militant - 8/24/98 -- N. Ireland: Rightist Apprentice Boys Forced To Reroute March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Every year the Apprentice Boys organize a triumphalist march along the walls of the Bogside, a nationalist area in the city center, aimed at intimidating those who live there.
		In return, the BRG agreed to lift objections to a morning parade by the Apprentice Boys along the Derry City Walls, so long as certain restriction were observed, and to a parade to the city's war memorial.
		The negotiations had shown that the Apprentice Boys were having to accept "nationalists as equals and give people the respect they are due." He hoped that a further process of dialogue would begin in the coming months.
	www.themilitant.com /1998/6230/6230_6.html (416 words)

	Apprentice Boys Of Derry Memorial Hall
		On 12th August 1873 the Memorial Stone for the New Hall was laid by Alderman John Ewing Miller M.D. in the presence of an immence concourse of Apprentice Boys,Citizens and Protestants from all parts of the Kingdom.
		Foundation Stones were laid on 12th August 1836 by Senator Capt. J.M. Wilton M.C. Mayor, on belalf of the Apprentice Boys, and on 13th July 1837 by Bro Matthew Kerr D.G.M.I. on behalf of the City Grand Lodge.
		The Apprentice Boys of Derry Memorial Hall now houses the Siege Exhibition and is home to the famous Roaring Meg Canon used throughout the Siege.
	www.raging-metal.d2g.com /orange-pages/memorialhall.htm (572 words)

	Irish Republican Information Service #160, August 12, 1996
		He admitted that if the Apprentice Boys were not prohibited from proceeding along the 150-yard stretch of the walls overlooking the Bogside, the combined resources of the RUC and the British army might not be able to contain any resultant "disorder".
		The Boys said that it was traditional for 13 of their number to touch the pillars of the four main gates to signal the lifting of the siege in 1688.
		In the glory days of the Apprentice Boys, before they were forced to cease marching along Derry’s walls after 1969, it was their custom to stand on the walls overlooking the Bogside, shout insults, throw pennies and play triumphalist loyalist music down at the nationalist people living under the walls.
	homepage.eircom.net /~eirenua/iris/160.htm (2755 words)

	Apprentice Boys of Derry,ulster history,siege of derry
		One parade is held in December, commemorating the closing of the gates by the original Apprentice Boys on 7th December 1688.
		On 7th December 1688 Thirteen young Apprentice Boys closed the gates of Londonderry against the advancing Catholic army of King James II.
		Attempts were made from time to time during the nineteenth century to prevent the celebrations in the interest of so-called "public order" but the Apprentice Boys always maintained their right to hold them.
	www.ulsterloyal.freeservers.com /apprentice_boys.html (550 words)

	Apprentice Boys parade in Londonderry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Apprentice Boys have gone to considerable lengths in recent years to try to present the traditions of the siege in a more inclusive way.
		In August 1998, the Apprentice Boys organised a one week festival which was generously sponsored by the Nationalist-controlled Derry City Council.
		The Apprentice Boys, band members, stewards, police and spectators at the parade all played their part in ensuring that this very large event was peaceful and well-organised.
	www.cruithni.org.uk /abod (529 words)

	RTE News - Apprentice Boys' parades pass off peacefully
		More than 10,000 Apprentice Boys and 170 bands were involved in the march, which began around noon.
		The Governor of the Apprentice Boys of Derry, Alastair Simpson, said that he was optimistic that a peaceful atmosphere would prevail throughout the day, and the parade would not be disrupted or affected by this morning's bomb scare on the railway line outside Derry.
		The bomb alert follows speculation that the so-called Real IRA was intending to attack today's Apprentice Boys' parade in Derry with the 500lbs of explosives recovered from a van in County Donegal yesterday.
	www.rte.ie /news/2000/0812/north.html (401 words)

	Derry IRSP Statement on Apprentice Boys' Agreement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Contrary to the media hype today on the Apprentice Boys parade agreement, residents in Derry will still not be able to go about their normal business as a result of this exercise in sectarian triumphalism.
		The Apprentice boys have made efforts to become more acceptable in this city but at the end of the day they are still a sectarian group which would like to again throw their pennies down on the nationalist majority population of Derry.
		They have their own selfish reasons why they want the apprentice boys to march and the residents to just sit back and accept what is happening to them.
	www.irsm.org /statements/irsp/archive/000810.html (275 words)

	Apprentice Boys Of Derry
		The Apprentice Boys of Derry is a fraternal organization which primarily commemorates the successful defence of the city of Londonderry against the forces of King James II between 1688 and 1689.
		The formation of the first Apprentice Boys club of which he was principle organiser and probably first President, forerunner of later Governors.
		The parade itself started at the King George V playing fields on the very edges of the town, from there this large parade which took 45 minutes to pass any given point proceeded along Broadloan and onto the main Paisley road where onlookers were buzzing with anticipation.
	www.proddygirl.co.uk /abod.htm (342 words)

	Directory - Society: Organizations: Fraternal: Religious: Apprentice Boys of Derry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Apprentice Boys of Derry Message Board · A forum for discussion of matters of interest to members.
		Ballynafeigh Apprentice Boys Flute Band · A Marching Flute Band from Ormeau Road in South Belfast, Northern Ireland.
		Apprentice Boys parade in Londonderry · Detailed information on the history of the siege of Derry and the culture of the Apprentice Boys Association.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=836645 (224 words)

	Ulster Bands Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Apprentice Boys of Derry Club was founded in 1814 and a medal was struck.
		There was considerable party feeling at the time and the Apprentice Boys had foiled the Mayors attempt to enforce the Anti-Processions Act, when they secreted the effigy and then illegally displayed it on the Pillar from where it was eventually set alight.
		The Apprentice Boys decided to relinquish their usual custom of firing the city guns but some dissenters decided to test the legality of the matter.
	www.ulsterbandsassociation.org /mag/volume1/issue1.htm (2068 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The conditions imposed by police were not changed and the Apprentice Boys indicated their intention to conduct a service of Divine Worship in a dignified and peaceful manner, asserting they would not seek confrontation with police or anyone else.
		For this reason, earlier notices had been served on the Apprentice Boys Club to the effect that it would not be possible for them to parade as the intended from the Orange Hall to Dunloy Presbyterian Church and back.
		When Apprentice Boys and other supporters assembled at a point on Station Road some distance from the Orange Hall some 3-400 persons who would have been opposed to them assembled on the road between the Apprentice Boys and the Orange Hall.
	www.ruc.police.uk /press/1997/may/dunloy2.htm (351 words)

	Derry IRSP: Apprentice Boys Agreement with Business Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The so-called agreement between the Apprentice Boys and primarily the business community negates the views and wishes of the vast majority of the people in this city who do not feel it is appropriate for 15,000 members and supporters of a sectarian organisation to flaunt their hatred in this city.
		The decision in November/December 2000 by the BRG and business people in Derry to accept a compromise by the Apprentice Boys has been proven to be a gross mistake and any further ideas at compromising with blatant sectarian bigots should be stopped.
		The Apprentice Boys and their friends in the paramilitary PSNI will totally disrupt the city centre once again.
	www.irsm.org /statements/irsp/current/031205.html (327 words)

	A Brief History
		On August 1st ex-Governor and Siege hero, Colonel Mitchelburne hoisted the Crimson Flag, the emblem of the city’s defiance, on the Cathedral steeple and afterwards he formed the club known as the Apprentice Boys.
		The Clubs associated with this soiree were the Apprentice Boys, Mitchelburne, Baker, Murray, Walker, Browning and Cairns, The latter appears to become defunct after this to be replaced possibly by the revived No Surrender, Campsie and Williamite Clubs continued to flourish until 1884 although their presence was not recorded at the famous 1861 gathering.
		The celebrations today and the Apprentice Boys Association in Londonderry have encountered much hostility from many sources but as with their ancestors the Apprentice Boys have held their ground and will continue with "God’s help" well in to the 21st century.
	abod.freeservers.com /enter.htm (1034 words)

	The Siege of Derry
		On 7th December 1688, when the first companies of Redshanks had crossed the Foyle by ferry, and a group of young apprentices took matters into their own hands by closing the gates of the city.
		For example, he listed the names of the 18 Anglican clergymen in the garrison, but claimed that he was unable to learn the names of any of the 7 nonconformist ministers.
		This type of attitude to non-conformists led Rev. James McGregor of Aghadowey (who, it is claimed, was at the Siege as a boy) to lead some of his congregation across the Atlantic "to avoid oppression and cruel bondage" and to establish the town of Londonderry in New Hampshire.
	www.cruithni.org.uk /feature/siege.html (1715 words)

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		At twelve noon there was an hour long meeting on the Apprentice Boys "General Committee" to discuss their response to the ban on their marching the walls.
		The Apprentice Boys are now expected to follow there planned route across the Craigavon Bridge to meet the visitors from across the North.
		In their lunch time news BBC Northern Ireland headlined the Apprentice Boys statement that they would "march the walls at a time of our own choosing" as "Out flanking the BRG to achieve a stand-off in time if not in space".
	www.iol.ie /~pfc/aug96/a10_1400.html (609 words)

	The Apprentice Breaking News, Rumors, Scandal and Gossip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is set to joined by her daughter Alexis for her upcoming version of The Apprentice.
	breakingnewsbits.com /apprentice (1785 words)

	SAOIRSE32: Apprentice Boys parade is banned
		The Apprentice Boys march was due to take place next weekend
		The Apprentice Boys have been told that their march through a flashpoint area of north Belfast has been banned.
		Apprentice Boys spokesman Tommy Cheevers said the decision was a direct consequence of nationalist rioting at an Orange march in Ardoyne on 12 July.
	fenian32.blogspot.com /2005/08/apprentice-boys-parade-is-banned.html (245 words)

	Ballymoney Mitchelburne Apprentice Boys of Derry
		The Apprentice Boys Association was established for the purpose of celebrating the anniversaries of "
		Just added is a new feature to the site - our own PHPBB driven Forum - please click on the Forum link on the navigation bar and join in on the fun and debates.
		The Flags pictured above and below are Countries where you will find members of the Apprentice Boys Association.
	www.geocities.com /mitchelburnebm (179 words)

	Apprentice Boys of Derry
		Visit the web sites of the Apprentice Boys of Derry Association and its parent clubs and branches around the World.
		Apprentice Boys of Derry, Mitchelburne Club, Ballymoney Branch.
		A site dedicated to the Apprentice Boys of Derry - promtoting good feeling, understanding and tolerance across all areas of the community.
	v.webring.com /hub?ring=apprenticeboysof (101 words)

	Ulster-Scots & Irish Unionist Resource - Orangeism / Freemasonry / Apprentice Boys of Derry / Royal Black ...
		I hope to provide some articles discussing the Orange Order and the other Loyal Orders, their histories, what they stand for, and their futures.
		Article about the origins of the Apprentice boys.
		The Apprentice Boys parades in Londonderry / Derry - The Maiden City.
	www.ulster-scots.co.uk /orange.htm (556 words)

	Ballynafeigh Apprentice Boys Flute Band Ormeau Road - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The instruments we use are, Premier high tension side drums Premier Bass Drum and B Flat 5 key Miller Wick flutes.
		No item may be used or reproduced in any shape or form without prior permission from Ballynafeigh Apprentice Boys Flute Band.
		We are not responsible for the contents of any web sites which are linked to from this web site and will accept no liability for contents contained within those web sites.
	www.babfb.co.uk (226 words)

	Danny Morrison - Irish Political News - Apprentice Boys £30,000 Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Recently the IRSP in Derry issued a complaint calling the act 'a reward for bigotry' and stating that it establishes a precidence that 'sectarianism is right'.
		As a catholic myself, I don't hold grievance towards the Apprentice Boys themselves.
		Much like the Orange Order, they are entitled to worship and believe how they will, however I don't subscribe to Government intervention in the form of providing public funding with monies that come from all communties, being used to finance a group that restricts members of certain communities.
	www.dannymorrison.com /forum/showthread.php?t=30 (228 words)

	Ormeau Apprentice Boys LOL 978
		Ormeau Apprentice Boys L.O.L. his warrant was first issued in Newtownbutler prior to 1824 and in 1828 is recorded as part of No. 13 District Newtownbutler which consisted of 23 lodges.
		The lodge remained in the same area until 1891 when the warrant became dormant.
		Membership of the lodge is mostly drawn from South Belfast and the Newtownbreda areas.
	www.orangenet.org /lol978.htm (425 words)

	Apprentice Boys of Derry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Apprentice Boys Association was established for the purpose of celebrating the anniversaries of The Shutting of the Gates on 18th December 1688, the Relief of Derry on 12th August 1689 and in memory of the Brave 13 and the Defenders of Derry.
		On Saturaday a games day will take place in the MEM between the No Surrender Club and the Campsie Club starting at 2-00pm finishing when the Campsie are....
		Today 10th august 2005, the Worthy Governor of the Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry Bro.
	www.abod.info (350 words)

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