Sectarian parades in Armagh
obscurely worded determination by the Parades Commission
allowed the Orange Order to parade through the nationalist
Shambles area of Armagh on Monday morning 12 July . The Shambles
Railway Street Association (SRSA), a local residents' group,
chose not to stage a counter demonstration in light of the child
murders in Ballymoney. However they did mount a protest against
the Order's return route that evening.
Two hundred residents, many carrying black flags, converged along
Railway Street and Longsdale to indicate their opposition to the
march. The protest was carried out in complete silence amidst a
high RUC presence.
In Keady a number of stewards were attacked and injured by RUC
dogs while trying to restrain a number of nationalist protestors
during an Orange march through the predominantly nationalist
village.
Also in Co Armagh, loyalist band members returning from Scarva in
the early hours of Wednesday morning lit fires in Dundalk Street
in Newtownhamilton and taunted residents that they would burn
them out. Local Assembly member Pat McNamee described it as
``blatant sectarianism and a disgrace in the aftermath of the
deaths in Ballymoney''.
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