Gunshots in Derry mark July Twelfth celebrations

Derry was filled with the sound of gunfire and the letting off of explosives tonight as celebrations of The Twelfth continued.

Extract from 'Boom of the Lambeg Drum'. Pres. Roisín Boyd, Prod. Betty Purcell, RTÉ, Ireland, 16/08/1987, broadcast channel not noted, 00mins 41secs, RTÉ Archives, AA3722

Similar scenes were witnessed in Belfast where the York Street area also saw guns being discharged and processions pass through the city. A procession from Belfast to Drumbeg was reported to have drawn more than 100,000 people earlier today and was said to have been characterised by the indiscriminate use of firearms. The procession was headed by Sir Edward Carson.

Sir Edward Carson leads the procession from Belfast to Drumbeg with an estimated crowd of 100,000 turning out for the event. (Image: Illustrated London News [London, England], 18 July 1914)

Carson is currently in Ulster to participate in the celebrations and will also inspect the Central Antrim Regiment of the Ulster Volunter Force.