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Army engineers barricade to block Portadown march
In Portadown Northern Ireland British army engineers built barbed wire fences and dug a moat to deter Orangemen from Garvaghy Road while Catholic protesters planned a human blockade. About 700 soldiers used bulldozers and backhoes as roads into the Catholic area were blocked with barricades amid ongoing shuttle diplomacy.
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Northern Ireland
Portadown
Drumcree
Irish Republican Army
Breandan MacCionnaith
Garvaghy Road
Orangemen
MacCronnaiths
Garvaghy
Trimble
MacCionnaith
Army
Royal Ulster Constabulary