The centenary celebrated on the streets of Ballynahinch on 13 June was the victory of the Crown. The following month, at a "monster" Orange demonstration on Edenavady Hill (where the rebels had taken their stand) the Rev. L. A. Poole queried why Catholics should wish to celebrate '98. "They had little or nothing to do with it. The night before the Battle of Ballynahinch, the Roman Catholics deserted ... They decorated the grave of Betsy Gray but they had not the courage to fight beside her".
