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Visitor Centre Bans Green and Orange to Ensure Neutrality

7/23/2025

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In a bid to foster neutrality at the Battle of the Boyne visitor centre, the Irish Office of Public Works has prohibited tour guides from donning green or orange attire, symbols of Nationalist and Unionist identities. This unexpected directive, absent from the official guide handbook, underscores the site's delicate historical significance near Drogheda.

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Story summary

In a bid to foster neutrality at the Battle of the Boyne visitor centre, the Irish Office of Public Works has prohibited tour guides from donning green or orange attire, symbols of Nationalist and Unionist identities. This unexpected directive, absent from the official guide handbook, underscores the site's delicate historical significance near Drogheda.