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Apprentice Boys of Derry: Postponed Lundy effigy burning takes place

Thousands of Apprentice Boys from across Northern Ireland attend an annual Shutting of the Gates commemorations in the city.

The events mark the anniversary of the Siege of Derry, which commemorates an event known as the Shutting of the Gates, when 13 apprentices locked the walled city’s gates against the approaching army of the Catholic King James II in December 1688.

The siege lasted 105 days and cost more than 10,000 lives, the majority of whom were civilians.


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