`3-Nil...3-Nil' chant shocks protesters
Ardoyne women involved in a black flag protest against an Orange
march on Belfast's Crumlin Road were horrified when Orange
marchers shouted, `3-Nil, 3-Nil' and `fuck your children' as they
accompanied a band making their way up the Crumlin Road on 13
July on their way from the main Belfast march in Edenderry.
As the 25 women stood in silence with black flags one elderly
Orangeman walking with an Orangewomen began the atrocious chant
as they passed the nationalist women.
Spokesperson for the black flag protesters Kate Murphy told An
Phoblacht of their shock. ``We couldn't believe it at first. Even
some of the RUC who had moved us back seemed stunned. What goes
on in these people's minds? It was similar to the Ormeau Road six
years ago. There they were, one band and a few elderly Orangemen
and women heading up the Crumlin Road when this Orangeman started
chanting. How do you reason with this racism?''