The Glorious 12th of July

Only 1 parade in Armagh. The brethern struggling.

Tandragee would be very very staunch

Edward Stevenson, Grand Master of the Orange Lodge of Ireland, at the South Londondry demonstration

I wonder is he anything to th Stevensons of 1970s Londondry GGA fame

Now off to Lisnaskea, a real orange town if ever there was

Likewise with Pomeroy, not a Taig to be seen there

Motorbikes, Tayto and the Orange Order the three big passions there

Brendan Rodgers soaking up the atmosphere at the Carnlough march there

His heart is blue now since leaving Celtic for Leicester

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BBC NI are very good at giving equal coverage to rural and urban demonstrations . Montroseā€™s Dublin centric management should take note . I would HQ the national broadcaster in Belfast in a United ireland .

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A holiday atmosphere at sunny Rossnowlagh as usual

And some beached whales showing up to march as a bonus

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Tim with the orange hat & geoff with the stripey trackies. Pure kkkultur

Dog fighting is Tandrageeā€™s big sporting passion

Lovely blend of country and western, disco and orange music here

So romantic hearing the story of how Avril and Samuel met

The local Orange hall, the ballroom of romance

Another man met his wife on a night when there were 300 girls sitting around in the Andrews Memorial Hall in Comber

The talent at Orange halls on a Saturday night is unreal

Kicks the shit out of Planet Murphys on Camden Street circa 1999

Traffic lights in Belfast showing green this year

Thatā€™s a departure from previous years when the lights were always stuck on orange

The uppity Taigsā€™ growing influence is worrying

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Economic concerns hitting banners now

Many lodges opting for smaller ā€œbannerettesā€

I donā€™t think that means Clare girls

I hope Brexit doesnā€™t kill the giant 12th banner

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Cave Hill lodge, Belfastā€™s newest lodge, on their second 12th parade

Great to see new lodges emerging

Theyā€™re known locally as the Cavemen

:smile::smile: That bannerettes quip deserved to be in Italics. Has there been much talk about Brexit or Boris?

Dunloyā€™s Diana Culbertson with a lovely Scauts-Ayrish brogue here

Iā€™d say she loves the camogie

She plays the accordion

Be class if she came down to the Fleadh

Thereā€™s a great crossover between the majorette skills of US high school football cheerleaders and the majorette skills of lads from Orange lodges

They should do an exchange for the craic

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Helen Mark plays us out with the sights and sounds of the 12th

A banner with ā€œThe Duke Of Yorkā€ on it on the closing montage

The Epstein theme goes on

And thatā€™s it

Goodbye Glorious Twelfth for another year

Pity you donā€™t piss off with them for a year.

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Do BBC NI show the all inclusive St. Patrickā€™s day parade?

id say its savage craic if you;re into it
that some mess there

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