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Twelfth of July Parades Draw Thousands Across Northern Ireland
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Twelfth of July Parades Draw Thousands Across Northern Ireland
Tens of thousands attended parades across Northern Ireland on Monday as the annual Twelfth of July commemorations began.
- The main parade in Belfast set off at 10:40 BST from Donegall Square West, with parades held at 18 venues across all six counties.
- Orange Order Grand Secretary Rev Mervyn Gibson said all communities are welcome to the Twelfth events.
- On Eleventh Night, hundreds of bonfires were lit; a man died after falling from an unlit bonfire in east Belfast on Friday.
- Effigies of a mosque and rap trio Kneecap were burnt on bonfires in Moygashel and south Belfast respectively.
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