Clodagh Byrne is now facing several charges in connection with the July 12 stunt.
Clodagh Byrne, 31, was photographed marching along the Lisburn Road parade on July 12 wearing a sash, bowler hat and carrying a bodhran drum.
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Appearing on Whiskey and White, a podcast produced by boxers Tyrone McKenna and Tommy McCarthy, the Castlederg woman said the stunt was part of the “creative process” and refused to be portrayed as a bigot.
“As a social worker, I worked with a lot of Protestant children in foster care and developed really special relationships with them,” she said.
“I used to take my children to parades on the Shankill. As nationalists we might see the negative side of the march but I saw the positive side. I was able to see the other side of the hatred. We see a lot of loyalist hatred in the media but there is also a lot of good family relationships happening there.”
“I was out on the 12th and I was invited to lunch with Sandy Rowe (the band) during the parade.
“They put me on their private bus, they dined with me, they fed me, they gave me whiskey. They called me the Taylor Swift of loyalty. The way I was treated was just amazing.”
“I gave my virginity to a Protestant. My great-grandmother was a Protestant. Oranges are my favorite fruit. I am more Protestant than most Protestants. Hatred does not come from the 12th of July.”
“I got cheers and support. People fist-bumped me. Wiens shook my hand. I had women on the street who started twerking with me. It was only when they saw my Instagram that they were like, 'Whoa.'
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Byrne was arrested last week and appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court charged with seven offences including indecent behaviour, committing a public order offence, obstructing a lawful public procession and inciting hatred.
These include charges of sending obscene messages over a public communications network between July 11 and 13.
She is further charged with trespassing on the grounds of Campbell College, east Belfast, on July 11, and using insulting language likely to cause fear or hatred on the same date.
Byrne is also accused of attempting to disrupt a public procession on July 12 and engaging in indecent behaviour.
It is also alleged that between July 11 and 13, Byrne distributed threatening or abusive messages likely to incite fear or hatred.
Judge Connor released her on £250 bail and ordered her to live at her parents' address in Tullycarr Road, outside Castlederg.
They also ordered Byrne to impose a curfew between 12am and 7am and to stay away from any kind of public processions.
The next hearing in the case is due to take place in Belfast on August 16th.
