Bonfire Latest RECAP as Effigies Are Set Alight Across NI

Bonfire latest RECAP as effigies are set alight across NI

Bonfires in Moygashel and Portadown were lit on Thursday night

Thousands attend traditional ‘Tenth Night’ bonfire in Portadown

Thousands were in attendance for the annual ‘Tenth Night’ Corcrain bonfire in Portadown on Thursday night. It is traditionally one of the first bonfires set alight on July 10, rather than most others across Northern Ireland on the Eleventh Night. Organisers set ablaze their structure – which stood in excess of 30 metres in height – at 11.30pm, which burned well into the 11th, signalling the beginning of the Twelfth festivities. Firefighters were…

In pictures: first bonfires lit in Portadown and Moygashel as July 11 celebrations begin across Northern Ireland

An impressive firework display burst across the night sky over Portadown as Corcrain Redmanville’s bonfire was lit on Thursday night.