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The Apprentice Boys Organization is the only Loyal Order Organization which shall allow a person to join its ranks at 15 years old in keeping with the traditional age group of a young apprentice. For ...
Several thousand Apprentice Boys have taken part in the annual Lundy parade in Londonderry. Eighteen bands joined the march around the city ahead of a service of thanksgiving which, because of ...
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.
Policing at this weekend’s Apprentice Boys parade will be ‘low key’ despite an anticipated 30,000 people and 150 marching bands arriving in Londonderry on Saturday.
August 13, 2023 at 6:38pm BST. A businessman was attacked during an Apprentice Boys parade in Derry, his daughter has said. Gemma Lynch said her father Damien was kicked in the head outside his ...
The ending of the siege is known as the Relief of Derry. The governor of the Apprentice Boys, Graeme Stenhouse, said it was important the day passes off peacefully and the march would be respectful.
Scaled down Apprentice Boys' march to go ahead on Saturday . A substantially scaled-down Apprentice Boys’ Relief of Derry parade is set to take place this Saturday.
The Apprentice Boys’ 336th ‘Shutting of the Gates’ celebrations took place in Derry on Saturday.
Up to 10,000 Apprentice Boys and 120 bands have marched through Londonderry to celebrate the ending of the longest siege in ... Apprentice Boys of Derry commemorate the Great Siege of 1689. UTV.
The Apprentice Boys' annual Relief of Derry parade returned in full on Saturday for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year the parade was limited to a few hundred participants.
The Apprentice Boys of Derry is based upon their defiant action of "no surrender" and the parade is held on the second Saturday in August each year to celebrate the ending of the siege, known as ...
Several thousand Apprentice Boys have taken part in the annual Lundy parade in Londonderry. Eighteen bands joined the march around the city ahead of a service of thanksgiving which, because of ...