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.

33. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Trevor McIntyre, Andrew Stewart, Wilson Martin, Ricky Balloch and Maurice Devenny, members of the General Committee of the Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry, in Cookstown on Easter Monday. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

34. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Flags are lowered as the Apprentice Boys of Derry parade passes the Cenotaph in Cookstown. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

35. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Taking part in the Apprentice Boys of Derry march through Cookstown. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

36. Apprentice Boys' Easter Monday parade in Cookstown

Cookstown was packed on Easter Monday. Photo: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

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