Will a united Ireland celebrate a holiday that marks a Protestant victory over a Catholic king?

A proposal to make "the 12th" an all-Ireland holiday has not been not met with a warm reception. A former government minister described the popular response as “a mixture of diatribe and incredulity.”

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