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.

29. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Cookstown was packed for the parade. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

30. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Stepping out along the route. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

31. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Enjoying the parade. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

32. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Jim Gordon, Cecil Moore and Noel Stewart of the Upperlands branch of the Murray Club who took part in the Apprentice Boys' parade on Easter Monday. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

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