Worshipful District Master of Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) No 1, cattle farmer, husband and father to two children Darryl Hewitt's Orange Order Collarette or Sash,Bowler hat ,tie and parade gloves lie on his bed early on Sunday morning 7th July on his farm outside Portadown Co.Armagh. Later he will head into the town centre to lead the annual Orange Order parade to Drumcree Parish Church.:-placeholder image
Worshipful District Master of Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) No 1, cattle farmer, husband and father to two children Darryl Hewitt's Orange Order Collarette or Sash,Bowler hat ,tie and parade gloves lie on his bed early on Sunday morning 7th July on his farm outside Portadown Co.Armagh. Later he will head into the town centre to lead the annual Orange Order parade to Drumcree Parish Church.:-

Drumcree Picture Special: The long running Portadown Drumcree parade dispute in pictures

By Michael Cousins
Published 28th Nov 2023, 12:41 GMT

In 2023 the Drumcree dispute reached its 25th anniversary. Here we look back in pictures at the long running stand off

Pictures copyright Press Association

Nationalist protesters mark the start of the Protestant civil rights march, as it makes its way through Londonderry. The 10-day march is set to follow a route of 117 miles arriving in Portadown, Co Armagh, on the eve of the Orange Order Drumcree annual parade.:-

13. Nationalist protesters mark the start of the Protestant civil rights march, as it makes its way through Londonderry. The 10-day march is set to follow a route of 117 miles arriving in Portadown, Co Armagh, on the eve of the Orange Order Drumcree annual parade.

Nationalist protesters mark the start of the Protestant civil rights march, as it makes its way through Londonderry. The 10-day march is set to follow a route of 117 miles arriving in Portadown, Co Armagh, on the eve of the Orange Order Drumcree annual parade.:- Photo: Paul Faith:-

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Loyalists take a stand in front of a line of (RUC) Royal Ulster Constabulary Police, today (Tuesday July 7, 1998), near the Garvaghy Road, Portadown, as the Drumcree Standoff enters day three. PA Photo/ Peter Morrision.:-

14. Loyalists take a stand in front of a line of (RUC) Royal Ulster Constabulary Police, today (Tuesday July 7, 1998), near the Garvaghy Road, Portadown, as the Drumcree Standoff enters day three. PA Photo/ Peter Morrision.

Loyalists take a stand in front of a line of (RUC) Royal Ulster Constabulary Police, today (Tuesday July 7, 1998), near the Garvaghy Road, Portadown, as the Drumcree Standoff enters day three. PA Photo/ Peter Morrision.:- Photo: -

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A sea of Orange Order faces watch members of the Portadown Lodge of the Orange Order march from Drumcree church to the roadblock which prevents them completeing today's (Sunday) march down the nationalist Garvaghy Road. picture DAVID JONES/PA:-

15. A sea of Orange Order faces watch members of the Portadown Lodge of the Orange Order march from Drumcree church to the roadblock which prevents them completeing today's (Sunday) march down the nationalist Garvaghy Road. picture DAVID JONES/PA

A sea of Orange Order faces watch members of the Portadown Lodge of the Orange Order march from Drumcree church to the roadblock which prevents them completeing today's (Sunday) march down the nationalist Garvaghy Road. picture DAVID JONES/PA:- Photo: DAVID JONES:-

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A young loyalist looks across the moat at Drumcree where soldiers place razor wire at the front line during the stand off today (Saturday). See PA Story ULSTER Parade. Photo by Peter Morrison/PA.:-

16. A young loyalist looks across the moat at Drumcree where soldiers place razor wire at the front line during the stand off today (Saturday). See PA Story ULSTER Parade. Photo by Peter Morrison/PA.

A young loyalist looks across the moat at Drumcree where soldiers place razor wire at the front line during the stand off today (Saturday). See PA Story ULSTER Parade. Photo by Peter Morrison/PA.:- Photo: Peter Morrison:-

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