Promoting the best in the Orange Order
The state visit of President Michael D. Higgins to the United Kingdom was another historic and welcomed step on the road towards ever improving relations between the peoples of these islands. The warmth with which he was received by members of British civic society and the general public mirrored that of the reception given to Her Majesty the Queen when she visited the Republic of Ireland in 2011.
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Stanley Gamble
Rector of Killinchy, Kilmood and Tullynakill, Diocese of Down, and Grand Chaplain of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.