Apprentice Boys’ Parade

Apprentice Boys’ Parade
an occasion on 12 August every year when some of the Protestant citizens of Northern Ireland march through the streets of Derry, in memory of the day in 1689 when the army of the Roman Catholic King James II was forced to give up attacking the town. The march creates a lot of tension between Protestants and Catholics, and this sometimes leads to violence. See also Orangemen.

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