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It s Marching Season In Northern Ireland Protestants Proclaim Allegiance To U K

(SOUNDBITE OF BONFIRE CRACKLING) INSKEEP: And they re moving after last night s bonfires. People built up stacks of fuel, in some cases as tall as a 14-story building, and lit them up. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It s all part of marching season, an annual ritual that Northern Irish Protestants use to proclaim their allegiance to the United Kingdom. NPR s Frank Langfitt spent time with a marching band called The True Blues in the town of Portadown. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: So you can see the Union flags sitting out of windows and kids twirling batons. You can hear the bass drums and the flutes in the background - and people sitting out on their front yards. Watching this, it actually reminds me a lot of a Fourth of July parade in the States. This is Adam Love. He is the secretary of the band.

Michael McGoldrick murder anniversary: Victim s mother says she has no hatred in her heart

Michael McGoldrick was murdered at the height of the Drumcree parading dispute in 1996. Picture by Pacemaker LOYALIST murder victim Michael McGoldrick s mother Bridie still remembers laughing with her son and husband days before his killing 25 years ago. Then aged 31, with one young daughter and a son due in a few months, Michael had worked hard to get his English and politics degree from Queen s University in Belfast. He had worked as a taxi driver during his studies and had planned to become a teacher. On the Wednesday before his graduation Michael got his hair cut, really cropped, Mrs McGoldrick said.

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