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Last night.

Hopewell Square, Lower Shankill Estate, Belfast.

Orange-hued revellers celebrate The Eleventh Night, which refers to the night before the battle where Protestant King William III of Orange defeated Catholic King James II in Boyne on July 12, 1690.

FIGHT!

Last night: Tis The Season

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This morning.

The smouldering bonfire, which led to two houses (left) being burned down in the early hours.

That’ll learn them.

Probably not.

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

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Scenes from the Glorious Twalfth on the Lower Newtownards Road, East Belfast.

Note the scores of stragglers with carryouts celebrating their culture.

Warning – Footage contains scenes of bare-chested overweight middle-aged men which some viewers may find distressing.

Orange Order says police have questions to answer on riots (BBC News NI)

12/7/2007. Bonfires in Northern Ireland

Hundreds of homes will be without electricity on the night of 11 July because of the risks posed by a bonfire built close to overhead power lines.

The bonfire has been erected in the County Derry village of Articlave, and is sited on land belonging to the Housing Executive.

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has written to about 300 customers living in the housing estate to inform them.

NIE has urged people to keep bonfires at a safe distance from power lines.

The firm’s communications manager, Julia Carson, said they had taken the decision to remove overhead lines in Articlave for a few hours on Thursday night due to safety concerns.

Articlave bonfire: 300 homes to lose power due to bonfire risk (BBC News NI)

(Albert Gonzalez / Photocall Ireland)

Orange Order Parades in Belfast

 

Chair of Culture Company 2013, Martin Bradley, said: “It’s fantastic that as Derry-Londonderry glories in its status as UK City of Culture the city is playing host to an extensive programme of Orange Order events.

“Given that 2013 is such landmark year for the city, marking as it does the 400th anniversary of the granting of the city charter and the building of the city walls, it’s particularly fitting that Derry-Londonderry will be the location for key elements of the Orange Order’s flagship celebrations.

 

UK City of Culture to host Flagship Twelfth (Grand Orange Lodge)

(Albert Gonzalez / Photocall Ireland)