Witness History
Witness History
Holy Cross school dispute
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June 13, 2022
9 minutes
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A violent sectarian dispute took place outside Holy Cross primary school in Belfast in 2001. Loyalist protesters tried to block Catholic pupils and their parents going to school for months. Rachel Naylor spoke to one of the parents, Elaine Burns.
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