In pictures: Thousands gather in Cookstown for Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade

Cookstown was filled with colour and spectacle when the Apprentice Boys’ of Derry’s annual Easter Monday parade was held in the town.

The event, the organisation’s first major outing of 2023, was hosted this year by the South Derry and East Tyrone Amalgamated Committee and attracted more than 40 bands and thousands of marchers and spectators.

57. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Taking part in the parade. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

58. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Alan Morrow from Scotland attends the parade. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

59. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Leading the parade through Cookstown. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

60. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Leading the way through Cookstown during the South Derry and East Tyrone Amalgamated Committee commemoration of the 334th anniversary of the start of the Siege of Londonderry on Easter Monday. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

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