Eleventh night bonfires lit across Northern Ireland

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In photos: Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland ahead of the Twelfth of July celebrations.

Families enjoyed a children's bonfire in Ballysillan, north BelfastBonfires are lit in some unionist areas on 11 July to kick off the Twelfth celebrations

They mark the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Protestant King William III defeated Catholic King James IIThey are largely constructed from wooden pallets

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