Demonstration march in Newry, Northern Ireland

Feb. 02, 1972 - Newry March passes off peacefully. The anxiously awaited civil rights demonstration in Newry passed off peacefully yesterday when the organisers dropped their plans to march into the town centre. They thus avoided contact with more than 2, 000 troops and police who waited behind barricades without seeing the marchers. Instead of marching 1.5 miles as announced, the 12, 000 strong procession moved only a short distance and kept in the Derrybeg estate on the town's outskirts. Photo shows police waiting behind barricades in Newry yesterday - but marching civil rights demonstrators went down a side turning instead of taking the main road into the town centre

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12000 Announced Anxiously Avoided Awaited Barricades Demonstrators Dropped Instead Kept Marchers Moved Newry Organisers Outskirts Passed Passes Peacefully Seeing Thus Turning Waited

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