Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of the New Orange Lodge in County Antrim on July 12 1889?

Question

Can anybody please tell me which one it was and the present email address?

Thank you.

Answer 1

The story is Irish myth I suspect..

During the last eleven years (1889-1901) of her long career the queen's mode of life followed in all essentials the fixed routine. Three visits to Osborne, two to Balmoral, a few days in London or in Aldershot, alternated with her spring vacation abroad and her longer sojourns at Windsor. Occasionally, in going to or returning from Balmoral or Osborne, she modified her route to fulfil a public or private engagement. In August 1889, on her way to Scotland, she made a short tour in Wales, which she had been contemplating for some ten years.

If she was on her way to Scotland in August, it is unlikely, to say the least, that she went via Co. Antrim.

Answer 2

Queen Victoria did go to Ireland three times; in 1849, 1861 and 1900, but not in 1889.

She was fairly well travelled, visiting France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Answer 3

I saw on the television last week that the furthest Queen Victoria ever made it from the Island of Britain was to the Isle of Wight-in other words she never went to Antrim.



Weird, considering she was the nominal head of the largest Empire ever-no?