Parades in Northern Ireland
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Parades are a prominent cultural feature of Northern Ireland. The overwhelming majority of parades are held by Ulster Protestant, unionist or Ulster loyalist groups, but some Irish nationalist, republ
Loyalist July 12th parade in Belfast in 2017 near Sandy Row
Members of the Royal Black Institution parade in Lisburn on "Black Saturday", 2007.
The Troubles
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The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in
Parades in Northern Ireland
…discrimination against Catholics in Northern Ireland. The civil rights marches and the reaction to them were a major contributing factor to the outbreak of The Troubles, due largely to heavy-handed policing. Easter is a major parading time for both communities, and is often considered to be the start of the year's…
The Battle of the Boyne (12 July 1690) by Jan van Huchtenburg
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Protestant demonstrators burning an effigy of Daniel O’Connell, an incident that sparked the Belfast riots of 1864[self-published source?]
The Ulster Covenant was issued in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill in September 1912.
Sir James Craig, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, who said, "All I boast is that we are a Protestant Parliament and Protestant State"