The decision has been strongly opposed by residents of the Garvaghy Road who are taking their case to the High Court on Saturday morning, ahead of Sunday morning's parade.
The Parades Commission had given the Orange Order permission to march along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the first time in almost 30 years, but locals are not happy.
Residents of the Garvaghy Road filed an appeal to the High Court in Belfast, with a decision needing to be made ahead of the scheduled parade on Sunday morning.
The permission was granted with certain limitations: No more than 35 people will be allowed to take part in the parade, the march should depart no later than 8:00am from Drumcree Church and will disperse by 9:30am, no supporters are allowed accompany the parade and no bands are allowed participate in the parade along the route.
The reason the decision to re-allow the Orange Order parade to march down the Garvaghy Road is because it was a predominantly Catholic and nationalist neighbourhood, and the parade dispute infamously triggered severe sectarian violence and public disorder during the Troubles and its aftermath.
Speaking on the parade dispute on The Pat Kenny Show, Sinn Fein TD for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency Matt Carthy explained that the residents have rebuilt their lives and community in the wake of the troubles, and they do not want to be "dragged back to the past".
He explained: "I really hope that they are successful [in their appeal]. I'm not going to try and preempt what will happen.
"But I have to say this; if the Orange Order are permitted to force their way down a community that does not want them, that does not want to be dragged back to the past, then I think that the repercussions of that will be profound.
"I would have great concerns as to what type of message that would send to wider society, because you're talking about a situation that has evolved over the past 30 years where there has been virtually no disputes around Orange marches.
"There are multiple areas where the population is predominantly nationalist, where the Orange Order march through on an annual basis without any hassle whatsoever, without any dispute, without any protest.
"And that has been hard earned. That has been the work of community engagement, of dialogue, of recognising the situations in each given area."
Jamie Bryson, Legal Representative for Portadown District LOL1, which applied for the parade, also joined the show, and shared how he didn't think it would be successful.
He said: "I don't think the challenge has any rational prospect of success, but, you know, let the law take its course.
"On the off chance that it did succeed, self-evidently, the district, and I'm sure the Parades Commission, would probably appeal it to the Court of Appeal anyway.
"So, there's nothing in that which gives me any cause for concern at this point in time from the perspective of the Portadown District."
Speaking on the potential protests that the parade may encounter, he added: "If the nationalist community choose to engage in protest, and if that's peaceful and notified and lawful, as that is their right, then it's a matter for the PSNI to police that, and the Portadown District expect the police to uphold the law, and that is it.
"There will be no protesting, disorder, disruption or violence from the unionist or loyalist community.
"The Portadown District will stick to the determination, they're unhappy with the number of the conditions imposed, but they will stick to it, as they have done for 28 years, 52 Sundays a year, I think over 1300 determinations with which they venomously disagreed, but they complied with each and every one of them, so they will do so again tomorrow."
Main Image: An Orange Order march in Lurgan, County Armagh, Picture By: CAZIMB / Alamy Stock Photo
