March Takes Place on Garvaghy Road

Details

Location

Drumcree

Year

1995

Date

Production 11/07/1995

Length

02min 53sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 project.

Courtesy

British Film Institute, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Susie Miller reported for UTV Live on the third day of the stand-off at Drumcree. After mediation between the Orange Order and the residents' group of the Garvaghy Road, a compromise had been reached where the marchers would proceed without music in silence and the residents would allow them through, while standing silently in protest on the side of the road. Brendan McKenna of the residents' group suggested that people listening to each other and negotiating was the way forward.

When the marchers arrived in Portadown, Ian Paisley and David Trimble clasped uplifted hands as they walked, in a gesture which was interpreted by some to be triumphalist and acting against the spirit in which the compromise for the march was negotiated. Paisley is interviewed for the cameras afterwards, as is Jeffrey Donaldson.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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