Bandsmen and Orange Order members at last year's Belfast parade. Image: PA Images Bandsmen and Orange Order members at last year's Belfast parade. Image: PA Images NORTHERN IRELAND’S ANNUAL Twelfth of July parades have been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War due to coronavirus, the Orange Order said.
It celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Dutch-born Protestant leader King William of Orange defeated the Catholic King James the second in Co Meath. “In the current circumstances, the gathering of hundreds of thousands of Orangemen and women, together with their accompanying bands and spectators, would not be responsible.
'the Gawd of Ulster will not be pleased'
Gutted. I am trying to hold back the tears. Perhaps we could have 2 next year please.
It's a beautiful thing to be alive to whitness such an event 🥴🥴🥴😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 yyyyeeeesssssssssssssssssssssss
Tiocfaidh ar la
COVID-19 is in the RA
Turn on the threadmill and shout ' Alexia play the Sash'
Bundoran is f**ked this year then
The whole island will miss that cheerful episode, so they will!
How immoral is it to hope Covid stays around forever?
First time ever
That's the summer ruined now
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