when its founding members pledged their loyalty to the royal family and swore to defend the Protestant faith. On 12 July, marching bands from Orange lodges all over Northern Ireland parade through ...

The annual Orange marches of Protestants in Northern Ireland are highly contentious – mainly with their Catholic counterparts. The parades, which take place on July 12, are a Protestant celebrat ...

Tens of thousands of loyal order members and 600 marching bands are to take to the streets of Northern Ireland for the annual Twelfth of July festivities ... Orange Order parades on Friday ...

Preparations for this year’s Twelfth of July celebrations are already underway as the list of venues is confirmed. Some 20 locations across Northern Ireland ... also host events to celebrate ...

Sinn Fein has made a request for Belfast City Hall to be lit up to celebrate the Republic’s National Day of Commemoration ...