You can commemorate a battle many ways, and if its in the form of a march, it doesn’t have to go through a Catholic area.
He had also provided six barrels of small beer, "for any of the Orangemen who came to visit me and had not brought provisions, together with bread and cheese or biscuit."
constabulary initially did not get involved in the conflict or attempt
That route went right through Maghheramayo, and right through Dolly’s Brae.
Parasite I say success to every man supports the British Crown,
And the Tune we played was the Protestant Boys right on to Dolly's Brae Just then two priests came up to us and to Mr Biers did say: "Come turn your men the other road and never cross Dolly's Brae."
They were a mixed lot of men, women and even children from throughout the surrounding area, some with guns but most with scythes and pikes. ." It was a prescient move, as local Catholics, identified since as Ribbonmen, were indeed planning an ambush, but stepped aside and waited nearby when they realised the pass was occupied.
One member of the police was wounded. That evening, the marchers turned for home, aiming straight through the Brae again. A contested procession by Orangemen resulted in a skirmish between the Orangemen, local Catholics and Ribbonmen and the police.
The Orangemen were forewarned and avoided the Brae that year. The march through Dolly's
However, on their return journey home that evening, the 1,500 Orangemen were met by about 500 Catholics who had gathered in the village, armed with muskets or pikes. The Orangemen were forewarned and avoided the Brae that year. Priest Mooney and Priest Murphy went through the rebel lines,
While the rebel crowd did cry aloud, "We'll drive them all to hell.". Brae on the morning of the twelfth was peaceful, even though the Orangeman
There was no difference in the routes, there is no evidence of a feast - rather the contrary - so Mr O Cathaoir has done nothing but compound his offence. Togo
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In the afternoon, the Orange lodges from the surrounding areas met at
The Orangemen they did obey their noble chief's command:
Brave Jordan being in command, he feared no Popish frown,
anticipation of the likelihood of trouble in Dolly's Brae, they sent a
and nine others badly wounded. Affray At Dolly's Brae.
. the police, the military, and the government proved reluctant to intervene
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Sometime in the early 19th century, a young Catholic man had been killed there in a sectariannally motivated act, an event that generated colourful Catholic myth of a grieving mother demanding that the Orangemen never be allowed to use the pass through the Brae again. Priest Mooney cursed the Orangemen with candle, book and bell,
. Dolly's Brae is a road with a difficult pass in County Down.
The dead included Hugh King, a 10-year-old who
.you had been compromised, would turn out fatal to your own position.
the estate of Lord Roden in Castlewellan, he urged them to "do their
To save ourselves, as best we could, our ranks we opened wide;
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4. I often find, in reporting of historical events, and even today, an unwillingness to state bluntly the reasoning behind these marches.
An outcome of this encounter was the passing of the Party Processions Act, which basically penalized Protestant "gatherings".
They allowed the march to go ahead, however. The Orangemen were forewarned and avoided the Brae that year. NB = Songs with (V) after title includes a video. Tillie Wallace - Dolly`s Brae Lyrics. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood.
A radio documentary which looks at what happened at the battle or riot between the Orange Order and Ribbonmen on Dolly's Brae, Co Down in 1849.
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This "biscuit" would not have been like modern biscuits, but hard cakes of unleavened bread, like oatcakes or ship's biscuit.