Mervyn Gibson

The Twelfth of July parade in Belfast in 2022. Bands and Orange men form up at Carlisle Circus in north Belfast for the main Belfast.
Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Final decision made on 12th July route in Belfast

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Chris Heaton-Harris, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland along with Carla Lockhart MP and Margaret Tinsley, Mayor of Armagh, Banbridge Craigavon Borough Council watch the parade at Brownlow House with Orange Order officers at the County Armagh Twelfth Demonstration making itÕs way through Lurgan town centre to Brownlow House.
Eleven District Lodges were on parade, with a total of 150 Private Lodges and almost 5,000 orangemen.In addition, ladies from the Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland took part, along with a number of Junior Boys and Junior Girls Lodges.The Co. Almost 70 bands will accompany the lodges and some of the finest pipe, accordion, silver and flute Bands in the country will be on parade.

Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye :Lurgan 12th

Orangeman wants public clarification from Braverman

Dennis Reid. Photo: Linda Reid

Tributes for ex-RUC/PSNI inspector who died in scuba diving tragedy in Cyprus

A member of Craigavon Protestant Boys Flute Band allows a child wearing a GAA top to hit his bass drum during a band parade in Cookstown

Orange Order and bandsmen credited for two acts of inclusivity over the weekend

Orangemen listen to Rev Mervyn Gibson at Drumcree. Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye.

Orange unity on show at Drumcree on 25th anniversary of parade rerouting

A pyre with a boat on top, with a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and a banner that reads "Good Friday Agreement ? That ship has sailed", before it is set alight in Moygashel near Dungannon, Co Tyrone

Irish flag and poster of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar placed on Moygashel bonfire

Mervyn Gibson, the Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, says that while the format of the Belfast Twelfth parade is under review, there will be no changes this year.
Photo: Niall Carson/PA.

'No changes to Belfast Twelfth - relax and enjoy it as usual'

Tanaiste Micheal Martin leaving the Museum of Orange Heritage in Belfast with gifts after a guided tour by Orange Order Grand Secretary Mervyn Gibson and Deputy Grand MasterHarold Henning, after meeting with some of Stormont's main political parties earlier on Wednesday

Irish Deputy Prime Minister visits Museum of Orange Heritage in Belfast visit

Mervyn Gibson

Mervyn Gibson: Attitudes to Protocol among Orange brethren hardening

Brian John Spencer with one of his paintings for Saintfield District LOL No. 5

Brian John Spencer: Painting a positive picture of Orange culture

Members of the public file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, London, ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Northern Ireland will be well represented at Queen's funeral service

Senior Orangeman and Presbyterian minister Rev Mervyn Gibson in the headquarters of the Orange Order in east Belfast. Rev Gibson was awarded a MBE in June, and has been invited to attend the state funeral on Monday. Picture date: Saturday September 17, 2022.

Northern Ireland honours recipients speak of pride at invites to Queen's funeral

Reverend Mervyn Gibson speaks at Stormont before the start of the Northern Ireland centenary parade from Stormont towards City Hall in Belfast, to commemorate the creation of Northern Ireland. Picture date: Saturday May 28, 2022.

NI centenary parade: LISTEN IN FULL – Rev Gibson says Protocol spells end for NI

The Rev Mervyn Gibson at an earlier address

NI Centenary Parade: 'No surrender!' Gibson takes swipe at top US politicians

Adam Lambert(centre) performs with Brian May (left) and Roger Taylor of Queen, during the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Photo: Ian West/PA Wire

Queen + Adam Lambert concert at SSE Belfast: important traffic information

Letter to the editor

Many liberals seem confused by what the protocol means for unionist people
A letter from John Mulholland:

People take part in an anti Northern Ireland Protocol parade and rally in Grand Parade, east Belfast

Anti Northern Ireland Protocol rally held on the Bloomfield Road east Belfast

Grand Master Edward Stevenson opens the Southern Protestants - A Resolute People exhibition at Schomberg House on February 7 alongside other senior Orangemen

Remembering the resolve of Southern Protestants post partition

Santa Claus at the head of the Orange Order parade in Markethill, Co Armagh on Wednesday night.

Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

‘Best of NI centenary celebrations to come in 2022’: Orange secret

Orange Halls will be open from tomorrow for signatures.

Orange Halls to open for signatures against NI Protocol

The Orange Order

Orange Order not surprised by huge interest in NI Centenary parade

News Letter editorial

Centenary parade plan is welcome but Northern Ireland at 100 needs far more

Grand Secretary of the Orange Order Rev Mervyn Gibson

Orangeman warns against Scottish parades commission

General view of the Centenary Banner Parade in Ballymena.

Photograph by Declan Roughan

In pictures: NI Centenary Banner Parade in Ballymena

Harold Henning

Twelfth message: Remember – 90% of Troubles killings were by terrorists

Jubilant unionist women hail the collapse of the Stormont government in 1974, thanks to loyalist protests against the Sunningdale Agreement, which was viewed as a major threat to NI's place in the UK

IN FULL: Protocol is Union’s gravest threat for 100 years

Rev. Mervyn Gibson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.

Top Orangeman refuses to rule out civil disobedience at this year's Twelfth
The Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, Rev. Mervyn Gibson, has refused to rule out the use of "civil disobedience" as a response to the Northern Ireland Protocol during this year's Twelfth celebrations

Alex Kane: Unionists must understand UK priorities to avoid ‘betrayal’

The Rev Mervyn Gibson said that it broke his heart not to parade on the Twelfth

Orange Order leader: We were right to cancel the Twelfth – and we’ll do it again...

The Orange plan to largely replicate their 2012 Ulster Covenant parade

Orange Order’s plan to mark Northern Ireland centenary revealed – a huge Stormon...

Mervyn Gibson during the Twelfth 2019

Twelfth 2020: Mervyn Gibson gets special serenade as loyalists across the land s...

The Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland Edward Stevenson as he prepares for the Twelfth of July celebrations at home. Fewer Twelfth of July events took place across Northern Ireland this year amid coronavirus restrictions.(Photo: PA Wire)

Twelfth of July to be marked with celebrations at home

The Boveva Flute Band pictured during a previous parade in Limavady.

Over 210 bands and counting to parade over the Twelfth, Orange Order asks suppor...

Orangemen take part in Twelfth of July parades as they make their way to the field at Shaws Bridge, Belfast

Orange Order appeal: ‘If you see a band this Twelfth, don’t follow them’

The organisers of Craigyhill bonfire in Larne believe it was the tallest in Northern Ireland last year

Coronavirus: Orange Grand Secretary says Eleventh Night bonfires will be small p...