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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Drumcree ruling raises fears of sectarian confrontation in Northern Ireland

Drumcree Church in Portadown.
The high court ruling has divided politicians over what it could mean for next summer’s marching season. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

The boiling cauldron known as Drumcree that used to scald and torment Northern Ireland each summer gradually cooled two decades ago, leaving it as a name for the history books.

Instead of pitched battles between Orangemen and police around the parish church near Portadown in County Armagh, and the murderous sectarian violence they triggered across the region, gave way to a de facto truce.

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