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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan McCambridge

Hundreds of bonfires lit to begin Twelfth of July celebrations in NI

PA Wire

Hundreds of bonfires have been lit across Northern Ireland to begin celebrations of the Twelfth of July, the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season.

Crowds gathered as the towering pyres were set alight in loyalist areas, with the largest “Eleventh Night” bonfire at the Craigyhill estate in Larne, Co Antrim.

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