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Drumcree

Orange Parade Gets the Go-Ahead

By Anne Cadwallader

IA Newsletter, October 3, 2026

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Why has this fiasco erupted in our faces? Over twenty years since the last violence at Drumcree and almost 30 years since the Good Friday Agreement, what caused this most bitter of disputes to re-ignite with potentially catastrophic consequences? Simply put, events at Drumcree prove little reconciliation between the two communities has been achieved in the last 30 years, … [Read more...] about Orange Parade Gets the Go-Ahead

News from Ireland:
The Marching Season –
Less Violence This Year

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

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For the first time in many years, the marching season in Northern Ireland occurs against a backdrop of relatively stable political institutions. Yet as with other years, the marches erupted into almost two weeks of rioting, hijacking, and arson throughout the state. Loyalist areas descended into a state of near anarchy as Orangemen and Loyalist paramilitaries attacked … [Read more...] about News from Ireland:
The Marching Season –
Less Violence This Year