By way of heightening the inflammation, Paisley staged one of the most dangerous confrontations of the year shortly after the package was unveiled. A civil rights march had been scheduled for Armagh on 30 November. He and Bunting arrived in the town before the march at the head of a cavalcade of cars from which emerged men armed with cudgels whose efficacy had been improved by having large nails protrude from them. Further aids to the democratic process were provided by the contents of the car boots – these had been filled with stones. The Paisleyites then proceeded to take over the centre of
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