{"id":1052713,"date":"2026-06-27T03:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T03:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1052713\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T03:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T03:57:36","slug":"the-pre-twelfth-events-taking-place-across-northern-ireland-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1052713\/","title":{"rendered":"The pre-Twelfth events taking place across Northern Ireland this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parades, family fun days, and charity events are lined up in the weeks before July 12th<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_JS339169458.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Orangemen and band members take part in the annual Twelfth of July parade\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Orangemen and band members take part in the annual Twelfth of July parade(Image: Charles McQuillan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ahead of the main Twelfth of July celebrations across Northern Ireland, there are plenty of events taking place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The main parades to mark the 336th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne take place on Monday, July 13, as <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/the-twelfth\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">The Twelfth<\/a> falls on a Sunday this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ahead of then, however, there are plenty of family fun days, parades, charity events and much more lined up, taking place right across <a aria-label=\"Northern IrelandLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/northern-ireland\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-Twelfth events taking place across Northern Ireland this weekend<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BELFAST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Saturday, 27th June \u2013 Whiterock Parade.<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Sunday, 28th June \u2013 36th Ulster Division LOL 977 Service \u2013 St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Donegal Pass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/psni\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">PSNI<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;Motorists are advised to expect travel delays in north and west Belfast this Saturday, June 27th due to a parade taking place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Traffic disruption can be expected in the greater Shankill and Springfield Road areas between 1pm and 5pm. Diversions will be in place throughout this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BALLYCLARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Sunday, 28th June &#8211; Ballyclare Memorial Flute Band<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A PSNI spokesperson said: &#8220;Road users are advised to anticipate traffic disruption in Ballyclare on Sunday afternoon, 28th June, due to a planned parade. There will be temporary traffic disruption in and around the town between 12pm and 2.00pm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">COOKSTOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Sunday, 28th June \u2013 Drumnacross Guiding Star LOL 304 service, Drumnacross Orange Hall.<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Sunday, 28th June \u2013 Tamlaghtmore Ark of Safety LOL 469 service, Tamlaghtmore Orange Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BALLYMENA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Saturday, 27th June Mini Twelfth &amp; Fun Day- Cullybackey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">AUGHNACLOY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Sunday, 28th June Dergina True Blues LOL 897 Orange Service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">and<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"sign up to our daily newsletterLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=1342b3be-3db3-461a-a6b4-c60bfcaa13da&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parades, family fun days, and charity events are lined up in the weeks before July 12th Orangemen and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1052714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[78922,80196,78693,1144,94225,760,16,15,94156],"class_list":["post-1052713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-co-antrim","tag-co-tyrone","tag-north-belfast","tag-northern-ireland","tag-the-twelfth","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-west-belfast"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116820066373484566","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}