“The town land of Ballymoughan is situated approxiimately one mile outside Magherafelt and like many other rural communities in Ulster, has its own Orange Lodge Ballymoughan Purple Guards L.O.L. 1262.

In 1979 however with Band membership dwindling it was decided to move the Band into the ‘Blood and Thunder’ category following the lead of Millrow Loyalists and Cookstown Sons of William in the bands local area.

In the first few years of the Band the uniform consisted of purple jumpers, black dickey bows, white shirt and black trousers with an orange stripe for good measure. It was a lot cheaper in those days to rig out a band.”

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