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About 100 rioters clashed with the RUC in Bellaghy and the Orange hall was hit by a number of petrol-bombs. [49] Another three Orange halls were burnt in Portadown, Dunloy and Moy. [27] [48] During disturbances in Portadown on Tuesday morning, an RUC officer was shot in the arm and leg by IRA members near Garvaghy Road. [29]
The Orange Order was founded in 1795 in the village of Loughgall, a few miles from Drumcree, after the Battle of the Diamond. [8] Its first ever marches were held on 12 July 1796 in Portadown, Lurgan and Waringstown . [ 9 ]
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An Orange Order spokesman refused to condemn McIlwaine's membership of the Order. [ 164 ] On 12 July 1972, at least fifty masked and uniformed members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) escorted an Orange march into the Catholic area of Portadown, [ 98 ] [ 165 ] [ 166 ] saluting the Orangemen as they passed. [ 167 ]
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The Orange Order was founded in 1795 in and around the County Armagh town of Portadown. The first Orange service and 'church parade' from Drumcree was on 1 July 1795. [6] That parade was instigated by Protestant ministers in the Portadown area. One of them, a Reverend George Maunsell, gave a sermon in June 1795.
Portadown is the site of the long-running Drumcree dispute. Catholics have protested the yearly marches through their part of town by the Protestant Orange Order, who are celebrating the 1690 victory over Catholics by William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne. Often violence and protests have been sparked by this event.