Eleventh night bonfires are lit across Northern Ireland on the eve of the Twelfth of July commemoration
Craigyhill loyalist bonfire in Larne, Co Antrim, on the Eleventh night. Picture by PAWire/Liam McBurney
Craigyhill in Larne, Co Antrim
People watch the burning of the Craigyhill loyalist bonfire in Larne, Co Antrim,. Picture date: Wednesday July 12, 2023. Craigyhill bonfire in Larne is lit for the 11th night Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye. Craigyhill loyalist bonfire in Larne, Co Antrim, on the Eleventh night. Picture by PAWire/Liam McBurney Firefighters hose homes close to Craigyhill bonfire in Larne. Pciture by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye The builders of Craigyhill bonfire in Larne claim to have broken the world record for the tallest bonfire. Picture by Mal McCann Craigyhill bonfire in Larne, Co. Antrim. Picture by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye
Portadown
A firefighter from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service hose down an apartment block close to the burning of the loyalist Corcrain bonfire in Portadown, Co Armagh, lit to usher in the Eleventh night ahead of the Twelfth commemorations. Picture by Liam McBurney, PA The burning of the Corcrain Redmanville Bonfire in Portadown, Co Armagh. Picture by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye People watch the burning of the loyalist Corcrain bonfire in Portadown, Co Armagh. Picture by PA Wire/Liam McBurney Members of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service dampened down local homes with water in the Westland Drive are of Corcrain. Picture by by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye The loyalist Corcrain bonfire in Portadown, Co Armagh. Picture by PA Wire/Liam McBurney
Irish flags on a bonfire at the bottom of the Donegall Road in Belfast An election poster of the SDLP's Gary McKeown is placed on a bonfire in the Village area of south Belfast Irish tricolours place on a bonfire in Sandy Row in south Belfast
East Belfast
Bloomdale street in east Belfast after the 11th Night bonfire The bonfire on the Connswater Greenway, close to homes on Flora Street in east Belfast Irish flags on a bonfire in Pitt Park in east Belfast
North Belfast
Glencairn bonfire on the morning of the Twelfth of July The bonfire site at Glencairn Way in north Belfast
Young people at the bonfire at Conway Street in Belfast on the Eleventh Night. Picture by Pacemaker Press A beacon has been used in place of a bonfire at Ainsworth Avenue off the Shankill Road in Belfast. Communities can apply for council funding to purchase a beacon which is an environmentally friendly alternative to a bonfire. Eleven groups applied this year
Dungannon, Co Tyrone
An effigy of Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill was erected on a bonfire in Dungannon is being treated as a hate crime A boat flying the Union Jack flag placed on the top of the pyre with a banner that reads "No Irish Sea border" on the Moygashel bonfire in Co Tyrone. Picture by Liam McBurney/PA Wire A pyre with a boat on top in Moygashel, Co Tyrone. Picture by Niall Carson/PA People watch as the pyre with a boat on top, with a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and a banner that reads 'Good Friday Agreement? That ship has sailed', is set alight in Moygashel near Dungannon, Co Tyrone on July 9. Picture by Niall Carson/PA Wire
Newtownabbey
An effigy above a poster with the name of Taylor McGrann, the Sinn Fein Councillor for Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough, on the bonfire at Carnreagh Bend, Rathcoole, Newtownabbey