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Twelfth of July 2023: Full list of parades and demonstrations taking place across Northern Ireland

The countdown to this year's Twelfth of July celebrations across Northern Ireland is underway.

This year, 18 venues in Northern Ireland will be playing host to processions to mark the 333rd anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.

Upwards an estimated half a million people are expected to participate or spectate as thousands of Orangemen, women and juniors, accompanied by in the region of 600 marching bands, will step out at the various locations.

Read more: The reason why people march to mark The Twelfth of July in NI

The County Armagh demonstration – which will be held in Lurgan this year – is firmly established as the largest Orange gathering in the world.

Grand Master Most Wor. Bro. Edward Stevenson said: "I know that tens of thousands of people eagerly look forward to participating in our parades each year – and I am one of them.

"I do not believe there is any other event on these islands that can bring such vast numbers of people onto the streets as our processions, either by taking part or simply to watch them go by.

"It is a custom which has been maintained for over 200 years, passed through generations, and will continue to be upheld for many years to come.

“The high calibre of music provided by some of the finest marching bands in the country will certainly add to the festival atmosphere. We are really looking forward to another glorious Twelfth.”

Full list of NI parades for The Twelfth of July 2023

ROSSNOWLAGH (JULY 8)

Annual Orange Order parade in the Rossnowlagh, Co. Donegal. (Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

The annual Rossnowlagh procession will be held on Saturday, 8th July, just a matter of days before the demonstrations in Northern Ireland.

It is expected that upwards of 50 lodges from Donegal, Cavan, Leitrim and Monaghan, as well as visiting Orangemen from Northern Ireland and further afield, will take part in the parade which begins close to St. John’s Parish Church at 12.30pm .

The parade then makes its way down a narrow country road, thronged with onlookers, to the demonstration field on the edge of the shoreline.

A religious service, only yards from the rolling breakers of the Atlantic, will be held at 3pm . The service will be conducted by the Rev. Brian Russell, Rector of Drumholm Parish.

The return parade will leave the demonstration field at 4.45pm .

LURGAN

The County Armagh Twelfth Demonstration is now very firmly established as the largest Orange gathering in the world on the day and encompasses the full range of the Orange Family.

11 District Lodges will be on parade, with a total of 150 Private Lodges and almost 5,000 Brethren; in addition, ladies from the Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland will take part, along with a number of Junior Boys and Junior Girls Lodges.

Almost 70 bands will accompany the Lodges and some of the finest pipe, accordion, silver and flute bands in the country will be on parade.

The brethren of Lurgan District are very much looking forward to hosting the parade for the first time since 2010.

The Lodges of the host District will assemble at Brownlow House from before 8am , where they will be joined by the County Grand Lodge Officers. After the Service and Act of Remembrance, they will parade to the town War Memorial at 8am to lay a wreath.

The District will then process to the Assembly Point at Russell Drive to meet the first of the visiting District Lodges.

The main parade, headed by Upper Bann Fusiliers Flute Band and Bleary Crimson Star LOL 12, will then commence at approximately 10am.

The parade route is Russell Drive, Mourne Road, Pollock Drive, Gilford Road, Flush Place, Queen Street, High Street, Market Street and Windsor Avenue to the Demonstration Field at Brownlow House.

Lurgan District will be followed by Portadown, Richhill, Keady and Killylea Districts; the remainder of the Districts, namely, Markethill, Armagh, Tandragee, Loughgall, Bessbrook and Newtownhamilton, will parade as they arrive, and by 12.30pm, all Districts should be in the Demonstration Field which is the spacious grounds of Brownlow House .

In the field, there will be a number of activities for children and as always impromptu band and Lambeg Drum rehearsals.

The Chair will be taken at 1.45pm by the County Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Bro. Denis J Watson JP, and proceedings will commence with the traditional religious service, conducted by Wor. Bro. Rev. William Anderson, Deputy County Grand Chaplain.

After the service, the Twelfth Resolutions will be proposed and passed.

The platform proceedings will then conclude with the customary Resolution of Thanks, introduced by Wor. Bro. Lawson Burnett, the new Deputy County Grand Master.

The return parade starts at 2.45pm from Brownlow House.

BELFAST

The Twelfth in Belfast (Justin Kernoghan/Belfast Live)

The parade to mark the 333rd anniversary King William III’s victory at the Battle of the Boyne in Northern Ireland’s capital city will leave Belfast Orange Hall, at Carlisle Circus, at 10am .

As is tradition, the Millar Memorial Flute band will lead the parade as it makes its way along Clifton Street, Donegall Street, Royal Avenue and Donegall Place to Belfast City Hall.

A wreath laying ceremony will take place at the Cenotaph in the grounds of the City Hall shortly before 10.30am and the parade will then proceed via Donegall Square West, Bedford Street, Dublin Road, Shaftsbury Square, Bradbury Place, Lisburn Road, Balmoral Avenue and Malone Road to the field at Barnett’s Demesne.

Orangemen and women representing a total of nine districts – accompanied by approximately 60 bands – will walk the six-mile route, traditionally the longest of all the Twelfth demonstrations.

As usual, thousands of spectators - including many visitors from other countries - are expected to line much of the route through the city.

The platform proceedings at Barnett’s Demesne will begin at 2.30pm and the chairman for the afternoon will be the County Grand Master, Wor. Bro. Spencer Beattie.

The Chaplain’s address will be given by Wor. Bro. Rev. Ron Johnstone. Guest speaker will be Wor. Bro. William Humphrey MBE.

The return parade is due to leave the field and proceed towards the city centre at 3.30pm.

BALLYMENA

Twenty-seven lodges and 17 accompanying bands and Lambeg drums will take part in the annual Twelfth celebrations in Ballymena.

There will also be two Ladies Lodges and two Junior lodges on parade.

It is anticipated that a good turnout of visiting Brethren from England and Scotland will be in attendance.

The town is the only location in Northern Ireland which has a Twelfth demonstration every year. Belfast City also hosts an annual Twelfth parade.

This year the honour of hosting the parade belongs to the members of Ballykeel LOL 472. The parade will assemble at Church Street Car Park.

At 12.30pm it will proceed to the demonstration field at Wakehurst Playing Fields via Meeting House Lane, Castle Street, Church Street, Broadway, Broughshane Street, William Street, Ballymoney Street, Broadway, Wellington Street, Lower Mill Street, Pentagon, Galgorm Road, Waveney Road, Harryville Bridge, Salisbury Square, Henry Street, Larne Street, Larne Road, Wakehurst Road and Brooke Park.

In the field, the platform proceedings will begin with a word of welcome by District Master Wor. Bro. Willard Logan and Deputy District Master and Wor. Master of Host Lodge Ballykeel LOL No. 472, Wor. Bro. Matthew Armstrong.

The Religious Service will be conducted by Grand Chaplain Wor. Bro. Rev. Ian McClean with the reading of Resolutions by District Secretary Wor. Bro. Hubert Scullion.

Presentation of awards will be made for best band on parade, best turned out lodge and best Lambeg drums.

The return parade will leave the field at 4.30pm to return to the Protestant Hall via Brooke Park, Wakehurst Road, Queen Street, Salisbury Square, Harryville Bridge, Waveney Road and Galgorm Road.

RANDALSTOWN

Randalstown District LOL No. 22 welcomes the East Antrim Combine to Randalstown this year to celebrate and mark the 333rd anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.

The combine comprises nine District Lodges from Larne, Sixmilewater,Staffordstown, Carrickfergus, Cloughfern, Carnmoney, Antrim, Killead and will be led by host district, Randalstown.

The parade will include around 50 bands and numerous Lambeg drummers, who will accompany up to 2,000 members in the lodges as they make their way around the town to the main Demonstration field.

The parade will move off at 11am and follow a route which takes in Shane’s Street, Lower Main Street, turning right into Neillsbrook Road, passing the rugby pitches, via Park Green and emerging onto Ahoghill Road, turning left, joining Portglenone Road at the Point.

Continuing past Memorial Orange Hall and Memorial Garden, turning right at New Street Corner, along New Street to the Demonstration Field at Dunmore Park.

The main parade will take about 1¼ hours to make its way to the field with the last lodge leaving the assembly point at 12.15pm approx.

The Platform Proceedings will commence shortly after the last lodge arrives in the field and the Guest Speaker will be Bro. Rev. David Bisset, District Chaplain, Sixmilewater District LOL No. 10. Wor. Bro Stephen Logan, Antrim District, will chair the proceedings, with music provided by Bro. James Strange, Larne District.

The parade will leave the field at 3.30pm, making its way out of Dunmore Park turning right along New Street, again turning right an New Street Corner onto Lower Main street continuing along Shane’s Street to the buses.

After the main parade leaves Shane’s Street the local lodges, comprising Staffordstown and Randalstown lodges, will complete their usual route returning to New Street where Staffordstown Lodges will leave parade and Randalstown lodges will then make way to Memorial Orange Hall for dispersal.

BALLYCASTLE

Bandsmen and Orange Order members take part in an Orange Order parade in Belfast. (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

The annual North Antrim Demonstration this year will be hosted by Ballycastle District LOL No. 23.

The other North Antrim Districts of Ballymoney, Bushmills, Cloughmills and Rasharkin will join with their Ballycastle Brethren to commemorate the 333rd Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.

The 43 lodges on parade will be accompanied by 29 bands and six sets of Lambeg drums.

On parade for the first time will be a new Junior Lodge, Ballycastle District JLOL 8, which was formed earlier this year.

The parade will assemble at the football pitch on Ramoan Road to commence at 1pm .

The parade will travel along Ramoan Road, Church Road, Coleraine Road, Castle Street, The Diamond, Ann Street, Rathlin Road, Strandview Road, North Street, Quay Road, War Memorial to Quay Road Playing Fields

On the arrival of the last Lodge at the Quay Road Playing Fields, the Platform proceedings will commence at approximately 3pm .

The service will be led by Wor. Bro. Rev. David McCarthy, Deputy County Grand Chaplain. The guest speaker is Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Rt. Wor. Bro. Harold Henning.

After the religious service, the Resolutions will be read.

On the completion of the platform proceedings, at approximately 4pm, the parade will assemble to parade back through the town.

The order for the return parade will be Cloughmills, Rasharkin, Ballymoney, Bushmills and Ballycastle.

It is 136 years ago since the first Twelfth Demonstration was held in Ballycastle in 1887.

PORTGLENONE

Sixteen lodges will take part in the ‘Triangle’ Twelfth of July parade which will be held this year in Portglenone.

They come from the Districts of Portglenone, Ahoghill and Cullybackey, with the parade rotating around the three venues in turn.

The main parade will move off at 12.30pm from the assembly point at Portglenone Free Presbyterian Church on the Hiltonstown Road.

It will follow a route through the village along Hiltonstown Road, Cullybackey Road, Main Street, over the bridge to Clay Road.

Demonstration field on right had side opposite the filling station. The Twelfth celebrations in Portglenone will have an extra special significance for one participating lodge as it marks a huge milestone year.

The Brethren of Milltown True Blues LOL 205 from the host Portglenone District LOL No. 7 are this year celebrating their 225th anniversary.

It is also a first Twelfth for the newly dedicated banner of the Glebe LOL 231 from Ahoghill District.

The religious service from the platform will be conducted by District Chaplain Rev. Samuel McKay.

BROUGHSHANE

The Braid Twelfth of July celebrations will be held in Broughshane this year, with Aughafatten True Blues LOL 1184 having the honour of being the host lodge.

The parade, which will feature two sets of Lambeg Drums and nine bands, will start in the Commons, Tullymore Road, Broughshane at 12noon.

It will make its way down the Tullymore Road towards the Carnlough Road, taking a right and parading on down Main Street, through the village, to Beechvale, where it will turn around and come back up Main Street.

The parade will then turn up the Church Entry and continue to the demonstration field at the corner of Buckna Road and Rathkeel Road.

Platform proceedings will start at around 2.30pm, with musical accompaniment by Aughafatten Accordion Band.

The speakers on the day will be TUV Leader Jim Allister and Grand Chaplain Rev. David Reid, of Ardstraw Presbyterian Church.

Following the platform proceedings, the parade will reform at 4pm to return to the Commons, off Tullamore Road.

Broughshane village sits in the Braid and lodges participating in the Twelfth here are Buckna, Pollee, Broughshane, Teenies, Jamison’s Trues Blues (Skerry), Aughafatten, Glenarm, Carnlough, Cairnalbana, Lisnamurrican and Ballygelly.

LOUGHBRICKLAND

The south West down Twelfth celebrations for 2019 take place in Rathfriland on Friday. (Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker)

The village of Loughbrickland – where King William and his troops stopped on their way to the Boyne - will play host to the Twelfth celebrations in South West Down.

It is anticipated that there will be around 10,000 attendees and over 60 Lodges and bands on the day.

The parade will begin at noon and will be led by the host District, Loughbrickland No.10.

The assembly field is on the Scarva Road and the route of the main parade will include Scarva Street, Main Street, under the A1 underpass, Grovehill Road, arriving at the Demonstration Field.

The parade is approximately 1.2 miles long.

Platform proceedings begin at 2.30pm with a formal welcome by Wor. Bro. Keith Murdoch, District Secretary.

The religious service will be led by Rev. Bro. Rodney Magennis and the guest speaker will be the Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Most Wor. Bro. Edward Stevenson.

The proceedings will conclude at approximately 3.30pm when the South West Down Area Conference Standard will be passed to the Standard Bearer of Gilford District LOL No.13.

The return parade will start at 4pm.

BANGOR

Bangor will play host to the Twelfth of July celebrations for the first time since it was awarded city status in December 2022.

The seaside venue on the North Down coast will welcome Brethren from

Newtownards, Upper Ards, Holywood districts as well as the hosts, Bangor District LOL No. 18. More than 40 lodges and 30 bands will be on parade, with a selection of flute, accordion and pipe bands taking part.

They will be joined by lodges from the Ladies Association and Juniors, including the recently formed Bangor District JLOL 18 who are taking part in their first Twelfth.

In a change to previous years, the platform proceedings will take place before the main parade.

Bangor District will form up at Bangor Orange Hall on Hamilton Road and make their way to the field at Ward Park from 10.45am.

They will enter the field where the Platform Proceedings will get underway at 11.15am. The Religious Service will be led by Rev. Mark Durell, with Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Wor. Bro. Rev. Mervyn Gibson, the guest speaker.

The main parade will commence at noon and follow a route around the town before returning to Ward Park where there will be a range of activities and entertainment.

The full route is: Ward Park, Gransha Road, Castle Park Road, Castle Park Avenue, Abbey Street, Newtownards Road, Church Street, Oakwood Avenue, Belfast Road, Abbey Street, Main Street, High Street, Hamilton Road, Castle Street, Gransha Road and returning to Ward Park

The return parade will commence at approximately 3.45pm.

COMBER

The historic town of Comber will play host to the Mid-Down Twelfth as they celebrate the 333rd Anniversary of the Williamite victory at The Battle of The Boyne.

The Brethren of Comber District will be welcoming their peers from Saintfield, Lecale, Ballynahinch and Castlewellan districts.

In total, 61 lodges from the five participating districts will be on parade accompanied by around 48 bands.

Representatives from the Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland and the Junior Grand Lodge will also be taking part.

A feature of the Comber demonstration is the centralised ‘Field’ at Park Way Playing Fields and a compact parade route which weaves it's way around the town centre.

The parade will get underway at 12noon, led by the North Down Dragoons, comprising cavalry and foot soldiers in military costume of the Williamite period.

It will travel along Killinchy Street, High Street, Ballygowan Road, Railway Street, Orange Hall Lane, Brownlow Street, Glen Road, Mill Street, Castle Street, Bridge Street Link, Bridge Street, Comber Square, Killinchy Street and back to Park Way.

On return to the field, the Platform Proceedings will get underway at 2pm. A religious service will be led by Grand Chaplain, Wor. Bro. Rev. Stanley Gamble, while the guest speaker will be Comber resident, Deputy County Grand Master, Wor. Bro. Kyle McIlwrath.

Brethren on parade in Comber will be joined by Wor. Bro. Michael Thomas, Provincial Grand Secretary of Ontario West from Canada.

KILKEEL

(Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye)

More than 1,000 Orangemen from Mourne District LOL No. 6 will partake in one of the most scenic Twelfth parades in Northern Ireland.

The 15 lodges on parade will be accompanied by their own bands,adding to the special family atmosphere on the day in the Co. Down coastal town of Kilkeel.

It is anticipated that more than 1,700 Orangemen, women, juniors and bandsmen and women will take part in this year’s parade, cheered on by a crowd in excess of 3,000 people.

The Kilkeel Lodges leave Kilkeel Orange Hall at 11am to parade the 1.5 miles to the Leestone Road on the outskirts of the town. There, they join with the remainder of the District and return to Kilkeel finishing at Queen Elizabeth II Park on the Manse Road.

The Platform Proceedings begin at 2.15pm. The guest speaker at Kilkeel will be Bro. John McKee. Also on the platform will be Mourne District Officers, Worshipful District Master, Bro. William Baillie; Deputy District Master, Bro. James Morris; District Chaplain, Bro. Eric Niblock; District Secretary, Bro. Stephen Nicholson; and District Treasurer Bro. William Burns.

The District will leave to commence the homeward parade at 4pm.

Mourne District LOL No. 6 rotates the Twelfth on a four-year cycle, with Kilkeel the venue every other year.

BALLINAMALLARD

The County Fermanagh Twelfth of July demonstration will take place in Ballinamallard this year.

The Fermanagh parade traditionally encompasses the entire county with Brethren taking part from Newtownbutler, Lisbellaw, Brookeborough, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen, Ballinamallard, Kinawley, Glenawley, Lisnarick, Pettigo, Magheraboy, Church Hill, Maguiresbridge, Garrison and Tempo districts.

The Sisters of Women’s Districts 1, 2 and 3, Junior Lodges from South Fermanagh, Brookeborough, Maguiresbridge, Ballinamallard and South Fermanagh Junior Girls Lodge will also be on parade.

Ballinamallard will also play host to visiting lodges from the Republic of Ireland, representing Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan and their bands.

Lodges and bands will move off at 11.45am from the assembly point at Ballinamallard United FC on the Enniskillen Road before proceeding

along the approximate one-mile route through the village to the demonstration field on the Makenny Road.

The main proceedings will commence at 2pm, where the Guest Speaker will be Wor. Bro. Rev. Abraham Storey, County Grand Chaplain of Co. Cavan Grand Orange Lodge.

The return parade is due to begin at approximately 2.45pm. Ballinamallard last hosted the Twelfth of July celebrations in 2013.

COLERAINE

The Twelfth celebrations in Coleraine, hosted by Macosquin District LOL No. 8, are expected to attract a crowd in the region of 50,000 people.

Organisers anticipate that the Brethren on parade, including the accompanying bands and lodges, family and friends, will be boosted by holidaymakers from the nearby resorts of Portrush and Portstewart.

Visiting Coleraine on the Twelfth of July will be the districts of City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge, Coleraine District LOL No. 2 and Limavady District LOL No. 6.

The main parade will leave from Union Street at noon following a route through the town - Railway Road, Long Commons, Beresford Road, Blindgate Street, Dunmore Street, New Row, Church Street, The Diamond (left hand side), Bridge Street, Old Bridge, Waterside, Castlerock Road, Kings Road, Carthall Road - and out to the demonstration field on Wheatsheaf Road.

Platform Proceedings in the field will commence at 2pm. The Service will be led by Wor. Bro. Rev. Alistair Smyth, Grand Chaplain, with the Sermon being given by Wor. Bro. Rev. Keith McIntyre, Deputy County Grand Chaplain and Chaplain Macosquin DLOL No. 8.

The return parade will leave the field at 3.30pm led by Macosquin District.

MAGHERAFELT

The South Londonderry Twelfth of July demonstration will be held in Magherafelt.

Taking in seven surrounding Districts - Ballyronan, Castledawson, Garvagh, Kilrea, Moneymore, Tamlaght O’Crilly, Tobermore and the host District Magherafelt - this will certainly be a family orientated Twelfth of July.

With almost 50 bands and lodges due to take part in the parade, spectators are in for a great spectacle of music and sights, from accordion, flute, pipe bands and even a few Lambeg drums.

The main parade will move off at 12noon led by the County Officers and Magherafelt District LOL No 3. The parade will continue along the one- and-a-half mile route to the field on the Moneymore Road, parading along the Castledawson Road, Broad Street, the Diamond, Queen Street and Moneymore Road.

Platform proceedings get under way at 2pm with Bro. James Evans, Deputy County Grand Master, chairing the proceedings.

The religious service will be conducted by Bro. Rev. Joseph Andrews, County Grand Chaplain, who will be attending his first ever Twelfth demonstration in Magherafelt.

The Rev. Rhys Jones, LOL 209, and a Deputy County Grand Chaplain, will give the address, with Bro. Rev. Nigel Kane and Bro. Rev. Raymond Kelly (both Deputy County Grand Chaplains) also taking part, alongside Bro. Andrew Moore, Lay Chaplain Magherafelt No. 3.

The main speaker on the platform will be Wor. Bro. David Scott, Outreach Officer at the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.

Following the platform proceedings, Brethren and Sisters will form up and leave the field at 3.30pm, making the return journey back to the buses on the Castledawson Road.

DUNGANNON

Killyman District LOL No. 1 is hosting the Twelfth of July demonstration in Dungannon this year.

In total, seven Districts from the Mid Ulster/South Tyrone area will parade with 64 lodges and 41 bands.

The Districts on parade are Killyman, Stewartstown, Cookstown, Coagh, Pomeroy, Castlecaulfield and Benburb.

This year’s parade will use one field, with Lord Northland Memorial Park providing the Assembly and Demonstration point.

The main parade will leave Lord Northland Memorial Park and travel along Park Lake Road, Moy Road, Ranfurly Road, Church Street, around the War Memorial in Market Square, Scotch Street, Railway Road, Milltown, Brooke Street, Wellington Road and back along Moy Road and Park Lake Road.

The day’s proceedings will begin at noon with a short religious service, the reading of the Resolutions and a short speech from Co. Tyrone Deputy Grand Master Wor. Bro. Derek Reaney.

The parade will step off at 1pm with the County Officers, Killyman Colour Party, and Grand Mistress of The Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland Sister Joan Beggs leading the way.

CLOGHER

The Clogher Valley Twelfth is one of the smaller Twelfth celebrations with the two local districts, Fivemiletown and Annahoe, joined by the visiting lodges from Trauagh District in Co. Monaghan.

In total 23 lodges accompanied by 20 bands are expected to turn the village into a kaleidoscope of colour and pageantry.

The parade will commence on Station Road at 12.15pm, making its way through the town to the Demonstration field.

Bands and Lodge members will assemble at the Livestock Mart Car Park.

The procession on leaving the car park will make its way along Station Road, turning right unto Main Street. The parade will proceed along the length of Main Street leaving the town on the Fivemiletown Road and making its way to Dunwoody’s Hill adjacent to the cricket pitch.

Platform proceedings take the form of a religious service starting at 2.15pm.

The return parade will leave the Demonstration field at 4.15pm and retrace the route back to Station Road.

DROMORE (CO. TYRONE)

A window in East Belfast (Niall Carson/PA Wire)

The Brethren in Fintona District LOL No. 8 will welcome their counterparts from Strabane, Sixmilecross, Omagh, Newtownstewart and Killen districts for a very family orientated Twelfth of July in Dromore, Co. Tyrone.

The 50 lodges will be joined on parade by two local lodges from the Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland and junior lodges.

They will be accompanied by approximately 40 bands, including a range of pipe, accordion and flute.

The parade, which is approximately two miles, will move off from the Assembly Field on the Omagh Road at 12.30pm.

It will follow a route along Omagh Road, Main Street, Galbally Road to Demonstration Field at Trillick/Fintona Road junction.

The platform proceedings in the field will get underway at 2pm. Special guests will include Worshipful Bro. Robert Abernethy, County Tyrone Grand Master, who will be the main speaker; Worshipful Bro. Norman Henry, County Donegal, Deputy Grand Lecturer, who will give the address, and Grand Lodge, County and District Officers.

The reading of the Resolutions will follow immediately after the service.

The return parade will leave the field at 4pm.

UPPER BALLINDERRY

(Matt Mackey / presseye.com)

The 333rd Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne celebrations for the South Antrim Combine will be hosted in Upper Ballinderry.

Upwards of 2,000 Orangemen and women are expected to be on parade, with Brethren from seven districts - Lisburn, Glenavy, Magheragall, RoyalmHillsborough, Derriaghy, Ballinderry and Aghalee - taking part.

The parade will start at 11.30am from the assembly field at the Ballinderry Road, Upper Ballinderry side. It will turn right onto the Glenavy Road at the Junction of the A26 parade up the Glenavy Road turn left onto North Street parade down short stop at the War Memorial Hall to lay a wreath.

At the bottom of North Street turn right at antiques shop past Ballinderry Parish Church to the Twelfth field on Lower Ballinderry Road.

Leading the way along the 1.3-mile route will be the host District, Ballinderry LOL No. 3.

At the platform there will be a religious service and speeches, which will get underway at 2pm.

The return parade will commence at 4.30pm approximately.

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