the Apprentice Boys' Parade
/ði əˌprentɪs ˌbɔɪz pəˈreɪd/
/ði əˈprentɪs bɔɪz pəreɪd/
- an occasion on 12 August every year when some of the Protestant citizens of Northern Ireland walk together through the streets of Derry, in memory of the day in 1689 when the army of the Roman Catholic King James II was forced to give up attacking the town. In the past the event has created bad feeling between Protestants and Catholics, and this has sometimes led to violence. see also Orangeman