Orange Volunteers (1972)
| Orange Volunteers (OV) | |
|---|---|
Above: Emblem of the Orange Volunteers Below: Flag used by the Orange Volunteers | |
| Ideology | Ulster loyalism Protestant extremism Anti-Catholicism |
The Orange Volunteers (OV) was a loyalist vigilante group with a paramilitary structure active in Northern Ireland during the early 1970s. It took its name from the Orange Order, from which it drew the bulk of its membership.