Apprentice Boys to stage first ever St Patrick's Day parade in Derry

The Apprentice Boys hold their first ever St Patrick’s Day parade in Derry today.

The historic parade will take place ahead of the city’s main celebrations

The local No Surrender Parent Club will host the parade, to be headed by the William King Memoial Flute Band, which will take place at noon.

The parade will leave the Fountain at 12.00noon and make its way along Wapping Lane, Carlisle Road, Ferryquay Street, the Diamond, Bishop Street and London Street.

Following a service in St Columb’s Cathedral, during which a new banner will be dedicated and unfurled, the parade will move off again at 1.30pm along London Street, Bishop Street, Palace Street and end in Society Street.