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Some senior Portadown Orangemen claim they had been promised a parade on Garvaghy Road later that year if they could control things on the traditional parading dates. [71] Throughout the year the Orangemen and supporters held scores of protest rallies and marches in Portadown.
The protests and violence were sparked by the decision to allow the Orange Order (a Protestant, unionist organization) to march their traditional route, passing through a Catholic/nationalist neighbourhood of Portadown. Irish nationalists were outraged by the decision and by the RUC's aggressive treatment of those protesting against the march.
27-29 March 1972: Ulster Vanguard organized a general strike in protest at the suspension of Stormont. Loyalists sealed-off and took control of Portadown. Catholic-owned businesses were attacked and looted, and the Tunnel district was said to be "under siege". During and following the strike, many families were forced out of their homes. [6] [7 ...
Three young brothers died when their home in Ballymoney was targeted by loyalist fire bombers in the early hours of July 12, 1998.
Drumcree Church in Portadown that was the focus of a conflict between Protestants and Catholics during the Troubles. The Drumcree dispute is perhaps the most well-known episode involving the Order since 1921. On the Sunday before 12 July each year, Orangemen in Portadown would traditionally march to-and-from Drumcree Church. Originally, most of ...
Security barriers in Portadown, County Armagh at the height of the Troubles. Wright made his home in Portadown from the time he transferred there as a teenager. In the more strongly loyalist environment of Portadown, nicknamed the "Orange Citadel", [15] Wright was, along with other working-class Protestant teenagers in the area, targeted by the loyalist paramilitary organisation, the Ulster ...
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Thousands will take to the streets in 100 localised parades.