Orange Order marches down Garvaghy Road for the first time in NEARLY 30 YEARS after late-night legal drama
From the Newshound archive · first published 27 September 2026.
The Orange Order has begun its parade along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown on Sunday, marking the first time the march has taken place in nearly three decades. The route was the flashpoint for some of the worst disorder in Northern Ireland's modern history during the 1990s Drumcree standoffs.
A series of legal challenges threatened to block the march overnight before it was cleared to proceed.
The Garvaghy Road parades triggered mass unrest in the 1990s, making today's march one of the most sensitive in the Orange Order's calendar.
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