A Scottish band filmed playing as the 'Famine Song' was sung during an Orange Order parade in Glasgow is planning to march past St Patrick’s Church in Belfast on the Twelfth.
A video has been shared on social media of Bellshill Protestant Boys Flute Band at a parade to mark the Battle of the Boyne on Saturday.
Easy to laugh at the sheer absurdity of all of this but the sanctioned and approved anti-Irish racism on display here needs highlighted. pic.twitter.com/5gmmTHmqim
— Liam O'Hare (@Liam_O_Hare) 2 July 2017
Supporters can be heard singing the Famine Song, which contains anti-Irish lyrics, as the band plays the air of the Beach Boys hit Sloop John B.
St Patrick’s Church has been at the centre of a dispute since 2012 when the Shankill Road-based Young Conway Volunteers was filmed walking in circles while playing the tune outside the building.
It led to an angry response from nationalists and sparked a protest outside the church which has since been called off.
Bands taking part in next Wednesday’s July 12 march have been ordered not to play music while passing St Patrick’s.
The Parades Commission confirmed that Bellshill Protestant Boys is one of 21 bands notified to take part in a parade past the Donegall Street church.
It has ruled that only a single drumbeat, played on a single side drum, can be played between the junction of Westlink and Clifton Street to the junction of Union Street and Donegall Street.
Supporters have also been banned from accompanying the parade as it makes its way past the church.
After Saturday’s parade in Glasgow, Police Scotland Chief Superintendent Brian McInulty said it "operates a zero tolerance policy when it comes to any form of sectarian abuse and will fully investigate any incidents brought to their attention”.
