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In photos: Twelfth of July celebrations 2024

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There are more than 550 Twelfth of July parades taking place across Northern Ireland
These women in Belfast chose matching orange outfits for the day
  • The Orange Order and hundreds of marching bands have taken part in more than 550 parades across Northern Ireland to mark the Twelfth of July.
  • Hundreds of bonfires were lit on 11 July in unionist communities, as they are every year across Northern Ireland on the eve of 'the Twelfth'.
  • The Twelfth commemorates the Battle of the Boyne, when William of Orange defeated the Catholic King James II in 1690.
  • The Craigyhill bonfire in Larne has been the largest in NI in recent years.
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