The Troubles in Portadown
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The Troubles in Portadown recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Portadown was the site of an annual march in July by the Orange Order, from the Drumcree Church through the mainly nationalist section of the Garvaghy Road, which residents claimed was provocative. The Orange Order refused to negotiate with a committee of residents as they claimed it was led by an IRA member who did not live in the area, and in 1997, the Parades Commission banned the march indefinitely. It has been replaced by an annual protest over the ban. For more details see Drumcree Church.
Incidents in Portadown during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1972
- 12 July 1972 - Jack McCabe (48), Catholic and William Cochrane (53), Protestant, both civilians, were shot and killed by the Ulster Defence Association while inside McCabe's Bar, High Street, Portadown.
1978
- 8 March 1978 - Thomas Trainor (29), a member of the Irish National Liberation Army, and Denis Kelly (31), civilian, both Catholics, were shot and killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force from a passing motor cycle shortly after leaving the Department of Health and Social Services office, Armagh Road, Portadown.
