Several Catholic families were forced to flee their homes in Belfast due to loyalist intimidation. This is to coincide with the "marching season", when numerous Protestant and loyalist marches are held in the town. Family flowers only please, donations if desired payable by cheque or postal order to either The Southern Area Hospice or St Columba’s Parish Church c/o Joseph Poots and Son Funeral Directors, 42 Bridge Street, Portadown BT63 5AE or by card via MuchLoved website. [26], The 12 July march into the town centre was blocked from Obins Street for the second year. [11] Wright was frequently seen at Drumcree in the company of Harold Gracey, head of the Portadown Orange Lodge. 12 July parade. At a SoD meeting in Belfast's Ulster Hall one of the platform speakers said, to applause: Sectarian means you belong to a particular sect or organisation. On the morning of the march, Sunday 9 July, British troops and riot police moved in to secure the area. [52] As residents were also unable to reach the Catholic church, the local priests held an open-air mass in front of a line of soldiers and armoured personnel carriers. [11] Allegedly, the brigade also had plans to drive petrol tankers into the Garvaghy area and blow them up.[48]. There, loyalists threw missiles at police and soldiers, but there was less violence than the year before. Our Parish of Drumcree is a Christ-centred community. The Provisional IRA launched numerous gun and bomb attacks on the security forces. When GRRC chairman Breandán Mac Cionnaith asked protesters to clear the road, some heckled him and refused. The Portadown Orange Lodge claimed that it was powerless to stop such people from gathering and that they could not be held responsible for their actions. [16] In the afternoon, Apprentice Boys bands tried to enter the town centre for their planned march. The Drumcree conflict or Drumcree standoff is a dispute over yearly Orange Order parades in the town of Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.The town is mainly Protestant and hosts numerous Protestant/loyalist marches each summer, but has a significant Catholic minority. Promo Slideshow for the 2012 Good Friday Crosswalk, leaving Drumcree Parish Church @ 5pm taking the cross to the streets of Portadown [03/30/12] A few dates for your diary :) Holy Week services. A renegade loyalist group, the Orange Volunteers, also began carrying out attacks on Catholics and Irish nationalists. Under an overcast sky, the parade progressed to Drumcree parish church accompanied by bands and accordion … [26] Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician Bríd Rodgers described this incident as "pivotal" in the escalation of the parade dispute. Harold Gracey (head of the Portadown Orange Lodge) and William McCrea (a DUP politician) attended the rally and made speeches in support of Wright. In June 1988 the Drumcree Faith & Justice Group (DFJG)—the group representing the Catholic/Irish nationalist residents—planned a march to the town centre to highlight what it saw as "double-standards" in the police's handling of nationalist and loyalist parades. When police blocked them, a fierce riot erupted. [73] After the concert, teachers, parents, children and guests held a reception at the Protestant Portadown College. Meanwhile, about 10,000 Orangemen and supporters had gathered at Drumcree and were engaged in a standoff with about 1,000 police. From midnight, all Public Masses in the Parish of Drumcree will be cancelled until at least 6th February. ... Share this Share on twitter Share on facebook. Parish of Drumcree - R.C. [85], Since 2001 Drumcree has been relatively calm, with outside support for the Portadown lodges' campaign declining and the violence lessening greatly. [53] The following day, sixty families had to be evacuated from their homes on Garvaghy Road after a loyalist bomb threat. [63] On 8 July, eight blast bombs were thrown at Catholic homes in the Collingwood area of Lurgan. The Doris Day Story. There were protests against the police and Orange marches, and a number of Orange halls were burnt. On Wednesday 10 July, the police reported that, over the previous four days of loyalist protests, there had been: Shortly before noon on Thursday 11 July, the Chief Constable reversed his decision and allowed the Orangemen to march along Garvaghy Road. [16] Arnold Hatch, the town's Ulster Unionist Party mayor, demanded the march be banned. A resident wrestled him to the ground and disarmed him,[68] but was shot and wounded while doing so. The situation in Portadown was likened to a "war zone"[3] and a "siege". [26] A Catholic priest was assaulted by loyalists and at Drumcree a police landrover was overturned. 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