Orange Order Museum in Belfast and Loughgall

[Orior]

Does anyone know if there is an native Irish equivalent (equal and opposite) to the Orange Order museum?

http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/museum-schomberg-house/

[Orior]

Is this the opposite?

http://www.culturlann.ie/en/welcome/

Or am I comparing apples and oranges?

[T Fearon]

Surely there would need to be an AOH museum to be an exact opposite and equal

[Milltown Row2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Hibernians

??

[Eamonnca1]

Does anyone know if there is an native Irish equivalent (equal and opposite) to the Orange Order museum?

http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/museum-schomberg-house/

Point of order: Why should one person's culture have an "opposite" somewhere else? What's the opposite of Chinese culture? What's the opposite of Egyptian culture?

[Syferus]

Does anyone know if there is an native Irish equivalent (equal and opposite) to the Orange Order museum?

http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/museum-schomberg-house/

Point of order: Why should one person's culture have an "opposite" somewhere else? What's the opposite of Chinese culture? What's the opposite of Egyptian culture?

The north of Ireland is in a parallel universe from common sense.

[Orior]

Does anyone know if there is an native Irish equivalent (equal and opposite) to the Orange Order museum?

http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/museum-schomberg-house/

Point of order: Why should one person's culture have an "opposite" somewhere else? What's the opposite of Chinese culture? What's the opposite of Egyptian culture?

Sad fact of life here. Problem is, if I take a bunch of tourists to the Orange Order Museum, then where would I get the alternative narrative?

The alternative is that I ignore the OO museum, and just go to the Ulster Museum and such.

[Rossfan]

As we don't do hate and bigotry very well I suggest you bring people to a Traditional  music session.

[Hardy]

As we don't do hate and bigotry very well I suggest you bring people to a Traditional  music session.

Correct. Why would you want to take your visitors to an Orange Order museum? In all the times I've visited the USA, none of my hosts has ever offered to take me here.

[T Fearon]

Surely the biggest Orange Museum/Visitor attraction in the World is located at the site of the Battle of the Boyne,and funded entirely by the Dublin Government? Also if I'm not greatly mistaken a senior Government Official in the South,whose name escapes me,was instrumental in securing significant  EU Peace and Reconciliation Funding for Orange Order projects North and South of the border,on the basis that these would contribute significantly to peace and reconciliation? How,I'm not sure.

[Orchard park]

Surely the biggest Orange Museum/Visitor attraction in the World is located at the site of the Battle of the Boyne,and funded entirely by the Dublin Government? Also if I'm not greatly mistaken a senior Government Official in the South,whose name escapes me,was instrumental in securing significant  EU Peace and Reconciliation Funding for Orange Order projects North and South of the border,on the basis that these would contribute significantly to peace and reconciliation? How,I'm not sure.

blueshirts were rarely ever logical and i was going to blame them but it was labour ministers i see

http://www.thejournal.ie/orange-order-has-gotten-e2-million-from-government-1700536-Oct2014/

[michaelg]

As we don't do hate and bigotry very well I suggest you bring people to a Traditional  music session.

Yes, so that they can hear some lovely rebel songs being played.  No fan of the OO, but it always grates when Nationalists / Republicans claim hate and bigotry is a one way street.

[Rossfan]

Most traditional sessions have few if any "rebel" songs - most of which anyway are about freedom from oppression, not hatred and bigotry.
I see the Orange Order has refused to answer a question as to whether they've expelled the terrorist who was convicted of driving a car into a crowd and running down a teenage girl.
As long as he didn't go into a Catholic Church I suppose.......

[seafoid]

Does anyone know if there is an native Irish equivalent (equal and opposite) to the Orange Order museum?

http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/museum-schomberg-house/

Sunset in  Corca Dhuibhne
Or a sideline cut over the bar from the Cusack Stand side

The problem with Unionist identity is making it real

[michaelg]

Most traditional sessions have few if any "rebel" songs - most of which anyway are about freedom from oppression, not hatred and bigotry.
I see the Orange Order has refused to answer a question as to whether they've expelled the terrorist who was convicted of driving a car into a crowd and running down a teenage girl.
As long as he didn't go into a Catholic Church I suppose.......

Would tend to agree with you but there you go justifying the ones that are sung!  So much for "we don't do hatred and bigotry"!