NO major Orange walks are scheduled to take place in western Scotland’s key marching areas to mark the “Twelfth of July”.
Tuesday is renowned as a day when members of Protestant loyal orders parade to mark the Battle of Boyne in 1690.
The battle saw Protestant King William of Orange defeat Catholic King James II to secure a Protestant line of succession to the British Crown.
The marches and day in general are extremely controversial, with those opposed to the annual event calling it “sectarian”.
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No marches are scheduled to take place in Scotland's main marching regions - Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.
Instead, most Orange parades took place on weekends at the beginning of July. Thousands marched in the Holytown parade on July 9, and there were major parades through Glasgow the weekend prior.
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In Northern Ireland, more is done to mark the date. Bonfires will be lit in loyalist areas to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyalist parading season.
More than 250 bonfires have been constructed in loyalist neighbourhoods across the province ahead of Monday night’s planned festivities. Most are built by stacking wooden pallets.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) plan on the Twelfth being their busiest and most resource intensive day of their year, with the Eleventh Night being second.
There will be 2500 police officers on duty on the Twelfth, which is around a third of the strength of the PSNI.
On July 12, there will be 573 loyal order parades. Of these, 33 follow routes that are deemed to be sensitive.
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