Why Is Northern Ireland's Most Controversial Figure a 17th Century Dutch King?

"The Troubles" is the name given to the sectarian conflict between largely Catholic Republicans and mostly Protestant Unionists that split Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. One figure that often appears on the flags carried by the aptly-named "Orange Order" and who is lionised on Unionist murals is King "Billy" - William of Orange, the Dutch Stadthouder who became King William of England, Ireland and Scotland in 1688. But why is this 17th Century Dutch King still revered and hated in equal measure by many in Northern Ireland in the 19th and still today in the 20th Century?

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