In all, the three months of July, August and September 1969 are said to have caused 1, 505 Catholic families and 315 Protestant to flee their homes. The Protestants generally fled to the east of the city; many of the Catholics across the border to the Republic. The Irish Army set up camps to cope with the flood of refugees, catering for some 6, 000 at one camp alone, Gormanstown in Co. Meath, off the main Belfast–Dublin road.
