Institution reveals plans to mark NI centenary
THE Royal Black Institution has launched its plans to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland. The Loyal Order’s programme of events will see it adopt a two-fold approach of both marking 100 years since the foundation of Northern Ireland, and commemorating the life of a former leader of the Institution who was murdered by the... Read More
WATCH: Act of Remembrance for Sir Norman Stronge
Sir Norman Stronge, who was murdered 40 years ago by republican terrorists, has been remembered by the Royal Black Institution as a “man of the people” who was well known for his benevolence and compassion. A former Sovereign Grand Master of the Institution, Sir Norman Stronge was shot dead in his home, Tynan Abbey in... Read More
The Hope of Christmas
WATCH: A Christmas message from the Sovereign Grand Master, Rev William Anderson.
40 years on: Royal Black Institution to remember former leader and son murdered by IRA terrorists
The Royal Black Institution will hold a number of events next year to mark the 40th anniversary of the horrific double murder of a former leader of the Institution and his only son by republican terrorists. Past Sovereign Grand Master, Sir Norman Stronge, and his son, James Stronge, also a member of the Institution, were... Read More
Time to remember: Sir Knight William Irvine recalls time in UDR
A member of the Royal Black Institution has told how his neighbours bravely thwarted an attempt on his life by the IRA during the Troubles. Sir Knight William Irvine, 73, a retired farmer and school bus driver, was the target of a three-man republican terror gang who were intent on murdering the UDR man as... Read More
Time to remember: An Act of Remembrance at the grave of WW1 soldier Sir Knight Thomas McCullough
WATCH: An Act of Remembrance involving Sovereign Grand Master Rev William Anderson and Imperial Grand Chaplain Rev Nigel Reid at the grave of Sir Knight Thomas McCullough in Co Armagh. Lance Corporal Thomas McCullough died from his wounds after fighting in the Battle of the Ancre Heights in 1916 and is buried at Mountnorris Presbyterian... Read More
Time to Remember: Remembrance Sunday 2020
WATCH: An Act of Remembrance by the Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth. Filmed in Tullyallen Presbyterian Church, Co Armagh. With contributions from: Imperial Grand Chaplain Rev Nigel Reid Imperial Grand Chaplain Rev Canon Will Murphy Imperial Grand Chaplain Raymond Adams Piper Sir Knight Alan Copeland and Sovereign Grand Master Rev William Anderson... Read More
Chaplain’s Thought on Remembrance Sunday
“And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.” (1 Chronicles 11:14) Today we again remember with thanksgiving to God the service and sacrifice of the members of our Armed Forces who were involved in two World Wars... Read More
Time to Remember: Royal Black Institution lays poppy wreath at grave of WW1 soldier
The leader of the Royal Black Institution has paid tribute to a Sir Knight who fought and died in the First World War. Sovereign Grand Master, Rev William Anderson, attended an Act of Remembrance at the grave of Sir Knight Thomas McCullough in Co Armagh. Lance Corporal Thomas McCullough died from his wounds after fighting... Read More
Time to remember: Former Sovereign Grand Master Lord Molyneaux and the Liberation of Belsen
As part of the Royal Black Institution’s “Time to Remember” season, here we take a look at the harrowing wartime experiences of our former Sovereign Grand Master, Lord Molyneaux. “If I hadn’t seen what I did at Belsen I don’t think I would have believed someone could do those things to another living person.” Lord... Read More