Hi Mary - There IS a Gardiners/Gardiner's Row in Dublin. Is that where your grandfather lived? On the web there is a Shaw's Dublin Directory (1850) transcribed with several Graham individuals including a Robert Peyton Graham (solicitor), 34 Upper Dorset St., and a Robert Graham (victualler), 125 Gt. Brittain St. They also list at that website a Robert P. Graham in a Law Directory, solicitor, at 3 Berkely St., perhaps same person as the former. Any idea of an occupation for your grandfather? In Dublin at that time there was also a William Archer and lots of Moores. At the address 8 Gardiner's Row (1850) there is listed A. Roberts & Co., coach builders. Oldbridge is in Co. Louth. Do you believe he may have lived there? You would have to read up on Orange Lodge history, but the Protestant political society dedicated to sustaining the 'glorious and immortal memory' of King William III and his victory at the Boyne was instituted in 1795. The English lodges disbanded in 1836, as did the Grand Lodge of Ireland that same year. Orangeism survived, albeit, at a local level and - certainly in the mid-19th century - without broad support from the Protestant gentry or middle classes. The movement benefited from success in several minor but bloody sectarian clashes, notably at Dolly's Brae (1849) in Co. Down, leading to the Party Procession Act the following year. The order was also sustained in the mid-19th century through a pervasive popular culture which brought its symbolism and rhetoric into many Irish loyalist homes. In 1867 Orangeism found a champion in William Johnston. Further reading -- Ruth Dudley Edwards, "The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions (1999); Kevin Haddock-Flynn, "Orangeism: The Emergence of a Tradition" (1999); Hereward Senior, "Orangeism in Ireland and Britain 1795-1836" (1966). Looking at the material on the Internet - apparently there is an old book, Collection of Loyal Songs Sung In Orange Lodges" (1798), and one of the songs is entitled "July the first in Oldbridge Town." Maybe you can find the lyrics on the web. I can give you the names of Louth directories, if you need that. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Connell" <doug.connell@sympatico.ca> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:02 PM Subject: [IRELAND] OLDBRIDGE ORANGE LODGE # 597 > Hi Listers > I just received a paper of 1861 to my Grandfather > Robert Graham to attend a meeting of the lodge. at 8 Gardiners Row Entrance fee 5 shillings.and it also mentions that Wm Archer had passed Robt Grahams name as clerk to Mr. Moore. > Would anyone know where this lodge would have been located ? Dublin perhaps ? > > Any information appreciated. > Thanks > Mary