2024 Twelfth Demonstration Parade

Mid-Down Twelfth Demonstration @ Ballynahinch District, Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland

[@tacraling]

That's certainly a big parade! Thank you for showing it to us.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@tacraling this was a tiny one! The video was less than 10 mins but the whole parade was 1 hour and this one is just a regional rural one. The Belfast one is about 2/3 hours long

[@tacraling]

@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian My goodness! It's hard to appreciate the scale.

[@joanmatchett8100]

I'm glad it didn't rain , what a washout this summer has been. Thanks for sharing, lovely to see.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@joanmatchett8100 it’s rained all week but Ulstermen (and women) were blessed on this day.

[@ac43942]

Love the tradition & the sense of identity 👍

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@ac43942 it’s very wholesome and unifying to hear the music and see the parades. Thanks for commenting - please subscribe to the channel to follow along 😊

[@ronanobrien836]

​@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterianwill you still march when theres a United Ireland? ❤

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@ronanobrien836 Hi Ronan. I personally don’t march but I do tend to attend them for the music and community spirit. Statistics show at the moment strong support for the union but with changing demographics a United Ireland is quite likely - how could we work together to add a million Protestants to Ireland’s future success?

[@ronanobrien836]

@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian i think many Orange people dont realise that people from down south dont universally hate them. I think integration would be relatively easy. The republic is a modern European country now (not a Catholic backwater). Yes, people would pay for the doctor but our roads are now better and we have a much higher income per capita. People from NI would just need to loose the subsidy mindset lol

[@ronanobrien836]

Also just to add on the religous piece, Im from a town in ROI with a sizeable Church of Ireland community so Ive always lived happily with Protestants

[@cloneoffred]

Loved the video.From flutes to silver to pipes to accordions,didn’t expect Baggy Trousers either lol.Just shows when it’s done in the right manner ,it’s a wonderful sight and occasion

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@cloneoffred Yes 100%. I go to our rural one which is very conservative and family focused unlike overtly political/ public drunken/ confrontational etc. Country ones are the best. P.S. love bagpipes and accordion. Thank you for commenting. Please subscribe to the channel to follow along 😄

[@eyelevelxyz6088]

What a great day. I wish the ‘South’ wasn’t surrendering its culture to undesirables. And I say that as a son of the South. Never submit to a ‘United Ireland’ on WEF terms.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@eyelevelxyz6088 wow what a statement and YES! Go woke go broke. Utterly fed up with complainers and victims. Love the UK 🇬🇧 and USA 🇺🇸

[@JohnSAgri]

Great Video! Enjoying from mid-ulster

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@JohnSAgri hope you had a great time up in Mid-Ulster! Thanks for watching - please subscribe to the channel to follow along 😀

[@jackpirie7382]

One of the bands in the parade The Crown Accordion Ayrshire are from my village in Dreghorn Ayrshire, my son told me one of his friends who plays in the band said it cost more than £3,000 to bring them from Dreghorn to Ballynahinch for the parade today.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@jackpirie7382 a lot of money and they were brilliant. Tell your son’s friend thank you!!!! Thanks for sharing - please do subscribe to the channel for more! 😊

[@audspod1]

Thank you so much to the band for making the trip, so much appreciated!🥰

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@audspod1 they were great!

[@bugler75]

Your friend Mark Porter sent me over from the Souterrain video . Thank you , I love abroad now but I still need my dose of Ulster. Yours, Ian

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@bugler75 welcome Ian. The weather from October to April makes me also want to live abroad but it’s the happenings in between time that make me just about want to stay 😂

[@bugler75]

@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian I’m on France on the German border, October to April is worse here! 😂

[@simonking7869]

Thanks...love the bagpipes too

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@simonking7869 bagpipes are my fav followed by accordion. Thanks for your comment - please subscribe to the channel for more 😊

[@Eirene-vw1dt]

❤🇨🇦

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@Eirene-vw1dt welcome to Canadian friends! Please subscribe to the channel to follow along for more 😃

[@BLUETERRIER7]

Total abstinence means abstaining from alcohol not temperance.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@BLUETERRIER7 total abstinence is highlighted by the Temperance movement (founded mainly by Evangelical Protestants but also encouraged by some Catholics) in the 18th and 19th centuries encouraged greatly by tracts written by Edgar families (Presbyterian ministers) who pushed back against drunkenness epidemic that is embedded within Irish Binge drinking culture, both then and now. Check out my video from Killaney Medieval Graveyard where I discuss this story. Please do follow the channel and subscribe for more - have a great day.

[@waynekelly-m1u]

Great video.did you video the rest of the parade?

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@waynekelly-m1u I only filmed the opening 10 minutes. The whole parade was quite short at only an hour. I have uploaded one Short of a later Bagpipes band, and I will upload one more Short of an Accordion band - please subscribe to the channel so you can follow along to see them 😀

[@8Barbarossa]

You should cover the clady day drumming contest in market hill

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@8Barbarossa great idea! Please do subscribe to the channel to follow along for more 😊

[@8Barbarossa]

@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian I have subscribed 👍

[@markporter-thechurchhistor6784]

Great weather bro🌝😎The brass band were playing a tune called‘baggy trousers’by the pop group madness 😁

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@markporter-thechurchhistor6784 lol! Dude one time I heard Baillesmills Accordian Band play Avicii Wake Me Up and I wish so much I had that recording!!!

[@markporter-thechurchhistor6784]

@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian 👍👍😃

[@jaculton2641]

Is that the towns pipe band? If it is, great to see them. Regular visitors to Ayr in the 90's.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@jaculton2641 it’s the bands from the District (Ballynahinch, Saintfield, Crossgar, Comber, Ballygowan and everywhere in between). Blessings to our Scots brothers in Ayr!

[@elainethomson5826]

Thanks for showing 😊

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@elainethomson5826 thanks for your comment and I am glad you enjoyed 😊

[@hugh_ghennaux]

❤👍

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@hugh_ghennaux ❤️ Please subscribe to the channel to follow along 😎

[@jsemplefelton5348]

May I ask what the blue sashes are?

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@jsemplefelton5348 I think it might mean they are Temperance adherents I.e. they do not participate with alcohol. Thanks for watching - please go subscribe to the channel for more 😊

[@jsemplefelton5348]

@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian- thank you. Maybe like the Wee Free Church of Scotland.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@jsemplefelton5348 if I moved to Scotland that is the church denomination I would join!

[@darylhamilton3058]

​@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian it's just another colour of collarette which is used nothing to do with temperance. The lodge is Ballynahinch Royal Blues so they have a blue collarette. You will also see in the video Ballylone Purple guards who wear a nice purple collarette. Lodges don't necessarily need to wear orange - you will have seen blue, purple, orange, red and also white in this parade.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@darylhamilton3058 thanks for the info - my guess was wrong! It was a great parade! Please do subscribe to the channel to follow along for more 😊

[@clario2178]

Blight on a beautiful country 🇮🇪

[@Jimmywoodstock]

Look the important thing is everyone got out in the fresh air and away from all them devices.

[@countryview2020]

You should be embracing the Christian culture. Look what's happening to the Republic of Ireland.

[@Windavinci]

Live and let live. It's 2024

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@Jimmywoodstock other than me who recorded it on my device 😂

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@countryview2020 I agree with the sentiment. True Christianity is the true Reformed Biblical Faith followed by Protestants. Many there enjoyed the parade whether religious or not but essentially all from a nominally Protestant background.

[@David-rs4td]

Lol

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@David-rs4td feel free to subscribe to follow along for more non-lol content 😊

[@accordion123]

Thanks very much for sharing this great video! And thank you for all your kind comments about Baillies Mills Accordion Band - as a member of the band, it is great to see so many people enjoying our music! 😊🪗. Jack.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@accordion123 Jack - your band is a testament to the community. Tremendous talent - I wish I had a small fraction of that skill.

[@accordion123]

​@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian Thank you very much! 😊🪗. You would be more than welcome to join the band if you wanted - playing an accordion is easier than it looks! Thanks again for all the great recordings you do! 😊

[@BOATSkeepcoming]

Why do you play the Wild Colonial Boy is that not Nationalist?

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@BOATSkeepcoming they play a lot of folk music that isn’t political - Unionists and Nationalists have more in common than they probably want to believe 😂

[@BOATSkeepcoming]

@@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian perhaps but they are sending out mixed messages by this. No compromise. The inner machinations of Northern Ireland have resulted in handing SF MPs to Stormont,even Eire doesn't respect SF. Need to put inner rivalries to the side during elections to maintain the status quo and Union. Folk music might appear innocuous,it carries influence,regardless. Thanks for your reply. Hope you enjoyed the day.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@BOATSkeepcoming 100% Lagan Valley was lost to a Liberal because (surprise surprise) the Unionist vote is split - poor selfish ambition to let Alliance in. Yeah I will just never EVER understand the SF mindset - woke, unrepentant murderers who bow to the Marxist deities. It is a tragedy they have convinced many decent people to vote for them.

[@davidsinclair5933]

the Wild Colonial Boy is a folk song about a young Irishman who emigrates to Australia and beomes a bandit. Id hardly call it a Republican song.one of the lines says "I'll fight and not surrender" - could be the motto of Ulster. Anyway many Irish bands play Roddy McCorley who was a Presbyterian who fought for the rights of tenant farmers but you will never hear an Orange band play that tune.

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@davidsinclair5933 thanks for the info David - great history and help in the conversation! Feel free to subscribe to the channel to follow along for more 😊

[@andrewmillar4641]

Wild Colonian prod

[@PonderingsofIrishPresbyterian]

@@andrewmillar4641 colonial I presume you mean.