The NRG staged a march the day before Bogside, retracing the route of the original civil rights march in 1968 from Dungannon to Coalisland. |
The Lower Bann was also navigable to Coleraine and the Antrim coast, and the short Coalisland Canal provided a route for coal transportation. |
On 24 August 1968, the civil rights movement held its first civil rights march, from Coalisland to Dungannon. |