Elenco parate
Per chiunque non avesse intenzione di leggere sullo Shankill Mirror, ecco l'elenco delle parate riportate sul sito:
Easter Monday, 17th April. Apprentice Boys of Derry demonstration in Ballymena, 1pm. Clubs parade locally (between 9.30 and 11am) prior to departure.
Easter Tuesday, 18th April, Belfast Junior Orange parade in Carrickfergus at 12.15pm. Lodges depart from West Belfast Orange Hall and Clifton Street at 10.45am.
Sun 30th April - Orange Widows Fund service in Ulster Hall – parade departs Clifton Street 2.30pm
Sat 6th May - Sons of Ulster parade, Shankill Road, commencing 6pm at Spectrum Centre.
Sun 14th May – No 4 Women’s District service. Parade departs WBOH, 2.30pm
Sat 27th May – Memorial parade, Ballysillan. Afternoon, from Sunningdale to Ligoniel Orange Hall.
Sun 28th May – No 6 Women’s District, parade departs Denmark St 2.30pm
Sat 3rd June – Upper Falls Protestant Boys band parade, Suffolk, 2pm
Sat 3rd June – Apprentice Boys, Coronation Day Parade, from Linenhall Street to West Belfast Orange Hall, early afternoon
Fri 16th June - ‘Tour of the North’ – United Districts Clifton Street – departs Carlisle Circus 7.30pm, Crumlin Rd, Lower Oldpark, Crumlin Rd, York St, Duncairn Gardens, Tigers Bay, North Queen Street, York Road to Clifton Street.
Sat 17th June - Shankill Community Festival Parade, departs Shankill Leisure Centre car park 1.30pm, to Woodvale Park
Sat 24th June - ‘Whiterock Parade’ – leaving West Belfast Orange Hall, 2.15pm
Sun 25th June - 36th Ulster Division LOL 977 Somme Memorial Service at St Michael’s – parade departs Clifton Street 2.30pm
Sat 1st July - Somme Anniversary Orange parade to Cenotaph, City Hall – departs Clifton Street 8.00pm;
Sat 1st July – Also, Somme Anniversary parade, organised by West Belfast Athletic & Cultural Society in conjunction with LOL 633, to City Hall cenotaph, departs from outside West Belfast Orange Hall at 7pm.
Sat 8th July - Trevor King Memorial Band Parade, on Shankill/Woodvale. Assemble 1.30pm, Disraeli Street.
Sun 9th July - Boyne Anniversary Services
- No 9 District, assemble WBOH at 10.30am, service at St Matthew’s
- Districts, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7/8 depart Clifton Street at 2.30pm, service at St Michael’s, Craven Street.
Wed 12th July - ‘The Twelfth’ – Boyne Anniversary parade to Barnett’s Demesne. Main parade leaves Clifton Street at 10am. No 9 District leaves WBOH at 10.30am.
Sat 12th August - ‘Relief of Derry’. ABOD clubs parade locally in early morning prior to departure for Londonderry.
Sun 5th August - Royal Black Institution parade to service at Ballygomartin Presbyterian Church, departing WBOH 10.45am.
Sat 19th August - Cloughfern Young Conquerors memorial parade, Rathcoole/Doagh Rd, 2pm
Sat 26th August – ‘Black Saturday’ RBP main demonstration in Bangor (local parades from WBOH and Clifton Street before and after)
Sat 2nd Sept - Brian Robinson memorial band parade, on Shankill/Woodvale. Assemble 1.30pm, Disraeli Street.
Sun 29th Oct – Reformation Sunday Church Parades and services
No 9 District depart WBOH 10.30am to Ballygomartin Presbyterian
Clifton St departs 2.30pm to Ulster Hall
Sat 11th Nov – ABOD Remembrance Day parade, departs Donegall Pass 10.30am, to cenotaph at City Hall, and continuing up Shankill to West Belfast Orange Hall.
Sun 12th Nov – Palmer Street Remembrance Service, departs WBOH 2.30pm, to Palmer Street, Woodvale.
Sat 2nd December – ABOD ‘Closing of the Gates’ commemoration, Londonderry. Local parades in early morning and evening.
Sat 16th Dec - ‘Burning of Lundy’ Shankill Parade, departs WBOH 7pm, parade down Shankill to burning of effigy. Organised by local ABOD Clubs.
Naturalmente questo è una piccola parte delle parate che si svolgono ogni anno in Irlanda del Nord. La maggior parte è concentrata nel periodo chiamato "Marching Season", che va da giugno a fine agosto, ma quasi ogni fine settimana si possono vedere parate nelle città.
Non solo i lealisti marciano, ma vengono effettuate commemorazioni anche da parte repubblicana, specialmente nel periodo aprile-maggio (Easter Rising e Hunger Strike).
[Modificato da jay.ren 22/05/2006 9.17]