Bonfires lit in loyalist areas across NI to mark ‘Eleventh Night’

People gather at the Craigyhill bonfire in Larne, prior to it being lit on the “Eleventh Night” to usher in the Twelfth commemorations. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Towering bonfires are being lit in loyalist areas across Northern Ireland to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season.

A number of the pyres, mainly constructed by stacking wooden pallets, were set alight late on Monday evening with the rest to be ignited at midnight.