 Following sectarian intimidation between both communities in various estates in the town, the Garvaghy Road estates became almost 100% Catholic.The parade was one of three which had been staged by the Orange Order to march through the Tunnel and was the scene of rioting from as early as 1873.In the modern troubles this flashpoint became the source of confrontation between the Catholics of the Tunnel area and Protestants from neighbouring Edgarstown, often exacerbated by men from other areas within the town reinforcing the numbers on either side.