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![]() ![]() Before the Fire ![]() [A sign saying 'Stop the boats' was also attached to the pyre in Moygashel, on the outskirts of Dungannon in Co Tyrone in Northern Ireland] [The Moygashel bonfire is part of the wider Eleventh Night celebrations in Northern Ireland, which take place on the night of July 11 each year. These bonfires are rooted in Protestant unionist and loyalist tradition and serve as a lead-up to The Twelfth on July 12, a public holiday marking the key historical Battle of the Boyne. This happened when Protestant King William of Orange defeated Catholic King James II, securing a Protestant line of succession to the British Crown. An Irish tricolour flag was also placed on the bonfire, which is among about 300 which be burned across Thursday and Friday night in the region. Sinn Fein's Assembly member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Colm Gildernew, has been among those responding, branding the display 'vile' and 'deplorable'.] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...et-alight.html |
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