(the) Apprentice Boys' Parade
- (the) Apprentice Boys' Parade
the Apprentice Boys’ Parade [the Apprentice Boys Parade]
an occasion on 12 August every year when some of the Protestant citizens of Northern Ireland march through the streets of ↑
Derry,
in memory of the day in 1689 when the army of the Roman Catholic King ↑
James II was forced to give up attacking the town. The march creates a lot of tension between Protestants and Catholics, and this sometimes leads to violence.
See also Orangemen.
Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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