The Orange Pole Incident, Mountmellick, County Laois, 1825

The Orange Pole Incident, Mountmellick, County Laois, 1825

A double‑sided tin plate of King George IV and William of Orange once crowned Mountmellick’s Market House, rallying Orangemen each 12 July until priests, boycotts and magistrates finally brought the pole – and its pageantry – down Become a member of Turtle’s History...