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Nestling
in the heart of Armagh is the Ancestral Home of Dan Winter, one
of the founders of the Orange Order.
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This early 18th-century listed vernacular thatched farmhouse was re-thatched and restored in 2000 with a large proportion of the orginal fabric having been conserved. The cottage has been maintained by the Winter family down the years and on display for visitors are relics from the Battle of the Diamond and old farming and dairy artefacts. The orginal timber, used to build the cottage has just been dated to reveal that this is probably one of the last houses to use Irish oak as a building timber.
The house is officially listed as "the meeting place following the Battle of the Diamond where the decision to form the Orange Order was made." Still owned by the Winter family the house is open daily for visitors.
To find out more, click here or click here to view a map of how to get here.
For more
information email winter@orangenet.org or telephone 028 3885 1344.
