The Orange Order - Ireland's First Hate Group, With Breandán Mac Cionnaith
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Gearoid sits down with Breandán Mac Cionnaith, a Portadown based Éirígí activist and spokesperson for the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition. Breandán was instrumental in putting a stop to Orange Order marches going through his area in the mid-1990s. In this episode, Breandán talks about the Orange Order as Ireland's first hate group, the Garvaghy Road community's fightback against the organisation marching through their area, and what the future holds for an organisation who's ideology has changed little since their foundation in 1795.
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