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The annual Apprentice Boys of Derry ‘Relief of Londonderry’ parade will take place in the city on Saturday 8th August 2015.
It is the largest loyal order parade in Northern Ireland, with 140 bands and Apprentice Boys’ Clubs expected.
PARADE ROUTES
There will be smaller parades in the morning prior to the main parade, which takes place at 12.30pm
9am
One band will parade through Fountain Estate, Kennedy Street, Kennedy Place, Hawkin Street, London Street, and Society Street.
9.30am:
The ABOD General Committee and eight ABOD “Parent Clubs” accompanied by nine bands will assemble in Society Street/ Memorial Hall area from 9am.
At 9.30am they will parade around the City Walls anti-clockwise, then on to the War Memorial in the Diamond for a wreath laying ceremony via Society Street, Bishop Street, and the Diamond.
Following this ceremony, they will parade to St Columb’s Cathedral for a church service via Ferryquay Street, Pump Street and into St Columb’s Cathedral. The service will last about an hour
11.30am
One band will parade from Fountain Estate via Wapping Lane, Carlisle Square, Carlisle Road, Ferryquay Street, the Diamond, Bishop Street, London Street to Artillery Street. There they will await the main parade.
11.45am
The ABOD General Committee, led by one band, will parade from St Columb’s, Carlisle Square via London Street, Hawkin Street and Carlisle Road for a pageant.
The pageant will involve historical reconstructions, including musket-firing. Fireworks will be discharged from a barge on the River Foyle to symbolise the breaking of the boom. This will signal the start of the main parade.
MAIN PARADE ROUTE – 12.30pm
The main parade, which takes 2 1/2 hours, commences at Duke Street and proceeds via Craigavon Bridge, Carlisle Road, Ferryquay Street, the Diamond, Bishop Street, London Street, Hawkin Street, Kennedy Street, Wapping Lane, Abercorn Road, Carlisle Square, Craigavon Bridge, Spencer Road, Dungiven Road, Dennet Gardens, Sheskin Gardens,…
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