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Glasgow has more parades than Belfast and Londonderry combined

Glasgow plays host to more Protestant Loyal Orders and Irish Republican parades than Northern Ireland’s two biggest cities combined, The Herald can reveal.

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Gerry Braiden

Figures from Glasgow City Council and the Parades Commission of Northern Ireland show that during a period when there were 217 marches by the Orange Order, the Apprentice Boys and Royal Black Chapter on the streets of Belfast and Londonderry, in Glasgow there were 247.