The Protestants in Ireland were referred to as the "Orangemen". I think it had to do with William of Orange who I believe was the William of William & Mary, rulers of England. So I would assume the "Orange" part of Ireland would be the English/Protestant part of Ireland. Part of the basis for all the centuries of "troubles" there. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Genie91954@wmconnect.com> To: <SCOTLAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: [SCT~ROOTS] RE; Orange County in Northern Ireland > OK OK from all the emails I take it there is no Orange County in Northern > Ireland. > > Finally heard from the source that sent me his information, my uncle who was > raised and adopted by his grandmother, Daisy Mae McGlaughlin maiden name > BROWN > aka McCOLLUM/McCALLUM > aka SMITH. He now says there is a section in > Northern Ireland that was called Orange. He says it was like different > sections there among the I guess you would say Catholics, Protestant, ect. > And this particular section was called Orange. Does this ring a bell with > anyone out there familiar with Northern Ireland? > > God Bless > Pam > > > ==== SCOTLAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The archives for the list are located here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/scotland-roots > and > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland-roots >