PREMIUM --

A youth plays with a band pole at one of the many hundreds of bonfires, that will be set alight across Northern Ireland.The main marching day in the Orange Order calendar will take place across Northern Ireland, *.. to commemorate William of Orange's 1690 Battle of the Boyne victory over Catholic King James II. Tens of thousands of Orangemen are expected to take part in parades in various locations including Belfast, Crossgar in County Down, Limavady in County Londonderry and Fintona in County Tyrone. The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Martin Morgan of the SDLP, has appealed for calm over the weekend.