ABSTRACT
Home Rule parades in particular were widely confronted, in 1883 the Grand Orange Lodge mobilized against the threat of 'Nationalist Invaders' when it was announced that Charles Stewart Parnell was to address a meeting in Tyrone, and he had to be replaced by less controversial speakers. The arches in Derry were soon pulled down by the police, and the following year a crowd of angry Protestants gathered in Downpatrick to prevent a green arch from being erected in the position traditionally occupied by an Orange arch each July. Many spanned the main thoroughfares, and, as more and more streets erected their own displays, competition developed between neighboring streets, which encouraged still greater elaboration. Although the parade failed in its objective, support for the civil rights movement grew, and a number of concessions were won, including the replacement of the elected city Corporation by an appointed commission.
