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Bonfires are lit as part of Eleventh night celebrations in some unionist areas of Northern Ireland, to usher in the Twelfth of July, the main date in the parading season.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

Bonfires on 15 August are traditional in some nationalist parts of Northern Ireland to mark the Catholic Feast of the Assumption.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2022

In it, he wished for future generations to observe the day with "Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2022

Bonfires are lit in unionist areas across Northern Ireland every July, as a mark of British culture ahead of the Twelfth celebrations.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2021

Bonfires were burning not only on the isles of Low Torning but in townships to the south and east.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin