July 12th parades: GB News' comprehensive live coverage of celebrations across Northern Ireland
July 12 celebrations in Belfast in 2022
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Unionists are taking part in a series of parades across Northern Ireland today to celebrate the Twelfth of July.
An estimated half-a-million people are expected to participate or spectate in the annual festival to mark the 333rd anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.
The Battle of the Boyne in 1690, which unfolded at the Boyne river north of Dublin, saw Protestant King William of Orange defeat Catholic King James II to secure a Protestant line of succession to the British Crown.
Thousands of Orange lodge members parade through the summer months to mark William’s victory and other key dates in Protestant/unionist/loyalist culture.
Those celebrations culminate on the Twelfth.
GB News presenter and former Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster hailed the anniversary as "a day to celebrate history, community, and family".
The main demonstrations will take place at 18 venues, including Belfast as well as Bangor, Co Down, Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ballinamallard, Co Fermanagh and Magherafelt, Co Londonderry.
Refresh this page throughout the day to see GB News' comprehensive coverage of the best pictures and videos from throughout the day.
The Pride of Ardoyne flute band parading passed Ardoyne shops in north Belfast
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The Pride of Ardoyne flute band marks the anniversary of the Protestant King William's victory over the Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690
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Drummers from the Rathcoole Protestant Flute Band with a smoke flare at the Twelfth of July parade on Royal Avenue, in Belfast, part of the traditional Twelfth commemorations
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Members of the Orange Order take part in a Twelfth of July parade in Belfast
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Members of the Orange Order parading through the centre of Belfast
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Members of the Rathcoole Protestant Flute Band try to shelter from the rain
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The procession in Belfast took place in spite of rain
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Parade in Belfast to mark July 12
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Alderman Sonia Copeland joins Orange Order ladies from the Star of Ulster outside Belfast City Hall
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Members of a flute band pass Belfast City Hall as they take part in a Twelfth of July parade in Belfast
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