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A day of self-doubt for Protestant marchers in Northern Ireland

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From: AP Online
Date: 19980714
Author:ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-14-1998
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) _ Protestant Orangemen shied away from confrontation Monday in marches across Northern Ireland, weighed down by their own bitter divisions and subdued by the bombing deaths of three young Catholic boys.

At one big Orange gathering, scuffles broke out between those who insisted that a march must go through a Catholic neighborhood, and those who wanted the protest called off.

``Certainly even (among) those who were watching, there was a deep sadness,'' said Jim Rodgers, a Belfast Orangeman. ``You ...

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