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Pro-UK Unionists fete centenary of Northern Ireland's founding
By Agence France-Presse
May 30, 2022 12:00 am

Belfast, United Kingdom: Thousands of UK-leaning unionists gathered in Belfast on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to celebrate the centenary the founding of Northern Ireland, where a pro-Irish nationalist party has won elections for the first time.

Organizers said 25,000 people and some 130 bands are participating in the parade that started at Northern Ireland's devolved government at Stormont and ended at Belfast city Hall, where the UK-run statelet's first parliament sat in 1921.

Orange Order members enjoy ice creams as they gather at Stormont for their Centenary parade, in Belfast on May 28, 2022, to mark the hundred years of the formation of the Northern Ireland State. AFP PHOTO

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