Thousands of people lined the streets for the Twelfth of July celebrations
Thousands of people have lined parade routes across Northern Ireland today for the annual Twelfth of July celebrations.
This year is the 334th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, more than an estimated half a million people expected to participate or spectate this year.One of the largest Orange Order parades took place across Belfast city centre with bands and lodges beginning at Clifton Street, Donegall Street, Royal Avenue, Donegall Place and then to Belfast City Hall to conduct its annual act of remembrance
The Orange Order’s Grand Master Edward Stevenson, who is took part in a parade in Newtownstewart, said the Twelfth is an event “like no other”. “Across the 18 venues, we will have tens of thousands of men, women and young people taking part in an event which has been faithfully maintained for well over 200 years,” he said.“There is simply no other event on these islands that can bring such vast numbers of people on to the streets as our processions, either by taking part or simply to watch them go by.”
People gather on the street to watch an Orange Order parade in Belfast as part of the 'Twelfth of July' celebrations.Grace Moffett, aged 11, at Carlisle Circus in Belfast watches an Orange Order parade as part of the 'Twelfth of July' celebrations.People gather on the street to watch an Orange Order parade in Belfast as part of the 'Twelfth of July' celebrations.
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