- Hundreds of bonfires are lit every year in unionist communities across Northern Ireland on the eve of the Twelfth of July.
- The Twelfth commemorates the Battle of the Boyne, when William of Orange defeated the Catholic King James II in 1690.
- Bonfires were lit to welcome – and guide – William.
- The Craigyhill bonfire in Larne has been the largest in NI in recent years.

















































