The Irish Parading Tradition Following the Drum [Paperback]

The book examines the evolution and current significance of the parading tradition in Ireland. Since 1995, confrontations over parades have existed side by side with the Northern Ireland peace process. The most bitter of these have occurred over the Drumcree church parade at Portadown and the Relief of Derry parades. Using a range of historical and anthropological perspectives, the book traces the parading tradition from the seventeenth century to the present.Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction The Emergence of Political Parading, 1660-1800; J.Kelly Parades and Politics: Liberal Governments and the Orange Order, 1880-1886; J.Loughlin 'The Bunkum of Ulsteria': The Orange Marching Tradition in late Victorian Cumbria; D.M.MacRaild Marching from the Margins: Twelfth July Parades in Scotland, 1820-1914; E.McFarland Parades, Police and Government in Northern Ireland, 1922-1969; K.Jeffery Green Parades in an Orange State: Nationalist and Republican Commemorations and Demonstrations from Partition to the Troubles, 1920-1970; N.Jarman & D.Bryan Wearing the Green: A History of Nationalist Demonstrations Among the Diaspora in Scotland; J.M.Bradley Bloody Sunday and its Commemoration Parades; S.Dunn 'Miracle on the Shankill': The Peace March and Rally of 28 August 1976; G.Fraser & V.Morgan For God and Ulster: Blood and Thunder Bands and Loyalist Political Culture; N.Jarman The Apprentice Boys and the Relief of Derry Parades; T.G.Fraser Drumcree and 'The Right to March': Orangeism, Ritual and Politics in Northern Ireland; D.Bryan IndexTHOMAS G. FRASER is a Professor of History and formerly Head of the School of History, Philosophy and Politics at the University of Ulster. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including Ireland in Conflict, 1922-1998.