E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Orange Lodges
or Clubs are referred to in Hibernia Curiosa, published in 1769. Thirty years later the Orangemen were a very powerful society, having a grand lodge extending over the entire province of Ulster, and ramifying through all the centres of Protestantism in Ireland. (See next article, and ORANGEMAN.)