Editing Ancient Order of Hibernians (section)

=== Recent decades ===
Within Ulster generally, but especially within [[Northern Ireland]], the AOH remains a visible but somewhat marginal part of the Catholic community. It [[Parades in Northern Ireland|parades]] at Easter, [[Lady Day]] and a few other times a year.

At the beginning of [[The Troubles]], the AOH placed a voluntary ban on its members parading until 1975, though records of some parades taking place in defiance of the ban were reported. In 1978 an estimated 10,000 participants attended a parade in [[Kilrea]]. Since then there has been a rapid decrease of numbers and usually around twenty divisions parade at a single location.

The locations of AOH parades in Northern Ireland generally tend to be cities with a high Catholic population, coupled with the AOH's desire not to provoke trouble.{{sfn|Jarman|1997|p=107}} County Fermanagh has never hosted an AOH parade since the onset of The Troubles and County Armagh has held one. The majority of the 21 locations for parades have been in counties Antrim, Down and Londonderry.{{sfn|Jarman|1997|p=140}} On occasion when the parade has been held in an area with a significant [[Ulster loyalism|loyalist]] population it has been met with an aggressive protest, notably [[Garvagh]] in 1985 and [[Armoy]] in 1989 which held its first AOH parade in 35 years.{{sfn|Jarman|1997|p=141}}