{"id":39587,"date":"2025-04-21T23:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39587\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T23:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:41:17","slug":"apprentice-boys-of-derry-thousands-line-streets-of-lisburn-for-easter-parade-as-marching-season-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39587\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprentice Boys of Derry: Thousands line streets of Lisburn for Easter parade as marching season begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

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Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

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Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye. <\/p>\n

Over 50 bands joined the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade on Easter Monday, as rows of supporters including a Stormont minister lined the streets to watch the annual procession.<\/p>\n

It marked the first official day of the 2025 marching season, and commemorates the start of Londonderry city\u2019s siege.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

The parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn this year, starting from Wallace Park at 12.30pm for a tour of the city.<\/p>\n

Education Minister Paul Givan was among those who turned out to watch bands which came from as far away as Fermanagh, Ballymena, Armagh city and Newtownstewart in Co Tyrone.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

“A fabulous day in Lisburn as we hosted the Apprentice Boys of Derry in Lisburn,\u201d the DUP MLA posted on X alongside a drum and Union flag emoji. <\/p>\n

\u201cA fantastic parade with thousands out showing their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 <\/p>\n

General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. <\/p>\n

Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. <\/p>\n

Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.\n<\/p>\n

Marchers headed south and performed a tour of the city centre, ending at Altona Road.<\/p>\n

There were 6,000 participants listed, with the organiser being the Apprentice Boys of Derry Belfast and District Amalgamated Committee.<\/p>\n

David Hoey, the general secretary of the Apprentice Boys, described the annual Easter tradition as \u201cjust a good, solid, joyous day\u201d while governor William Walker declared the turnout \u201cmagnificent”.<\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

Whilst this Easter has been a particularly rainy one, it remained largely dry and bright for the entirety of the event. <\/p>\n

Thousands of people across Northern Ireland have taken part in parades held in recent days, from both unionist and nationalist organisations and communities. <\/p>\n

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The Apprentice Boys of Derry parade made its way through the centre of Lisburn. Photo by Kelvin Boyes\/Press Eye.<\/p>\n

Police were attacked with petrol bombs as masked men led a New IRA parade<\/a> through the streets of Derry.<\/p>\n

Around 150 people had gathered for the parade on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"Press<\/p>\n

Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 <\/p>\n

General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. <\/p>\n

Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. <\/p>\n

Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.\n<\/p>\n

Organisers said two bands, 500 participants and 100 supporters were expected.<\/p>\n

It has previously been billed as the \u2018Unfinished Revolution National Easter Commemoration\u2019, and left the Creggan shops at 2pm, ending at a New IRA monument in the Bogside.<\/p>\n

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Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 21st April 2025 <\/p>\n

General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre of Lisburn. <\/p>\n

Over 50 bands joined the main parade as it made its way through the County Antrim town. <\/p>\n

Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.\n<\/p>\n

Images from the parade in Derry showed a masked colour party leading those taking part in the parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General view of the main Apprentice Boys of Derry parade as it makes its way through the centre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1211,1817,3751,5825,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-39587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-antrim-news","9":"tag-derry-news","10":"tag-easter","11":"tag-niamh-campbell","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114378603673785970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39587","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=39587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}