Drumcree Orange Order parade

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The Drumcree Orange Order parade is a highly contentious annual Protestant march in Portadown, Northern Ireland, that has been a focal point of sectarian tension and disputes over marching routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Orange Order parade
annual event
parade
sectarian conflict flashpoint
alsoKnownAs Drumcree march NERFINISHED
Drumcree parade NERFINISHED
associatedWith The Troubles NERFINISHED
loyalism
post-ceasefire parading disputes
unionism in Northern Ireland
country Northern Ireland
destination Drumcree Parish Church NERFINISHED
endsAt Drumcree Parish Church NERFINISHED
frequency annual
governedBy public order legislation in Northern Ireland
hasCharacteristic frequent heavy police and army presence
frequent roadblocks and security cordons
highly contentious
source of sectarian tension
hasConsequence heightened community tensions between Protestants and Catholics
rioting and public disorder in Portadown and elsewhere
hasPoliticalDimension contestation over Britishness and Irishness in Northern Ireland
hasRouteDispute Garvaghy Road NERFINISHED
involves Orange Order lodges NERFINISHED
banners and flags
marching bands
linkedTo The Twelfth (Orangemen's Day) NERFINISHED
locatedIn County Armagh NERFINISHED
Portadown NERFINISHED
mainIssue dispute over return march route through nationalist Garvaghy Road area
name Drumcree Orange Order parade NERFINISHED
notableYearOfCrisis 1995 GENERATED
1996 GENERATED
1997 GENERATED
1998 GENERATED
occursOnOrAround the Sunday before 12 July
opposedBy Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition NERFINISHED
residents of the Garvaghy Road area
organisedBy Orange Order NERFINISHED
Portadown District of the Orange Order NERFINISHED
regulatedBy Parades Commission NERFINISHED
religiousComponent church service at Drumcree Parish Church
religiousTradition Protestant
startsAt Carleton Street Orange Hall, Portadown NERFINISHED
subjectOf academic studies on sectarianism and parades
media coverage in Ireland
media coverage in the United Kingdom
timePeriodOfMajorConflict late 1990s
mid-1990s

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