Glasgow city centre roads to close this weekend for first big Orange walk of the year
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ON THE MARCH Glasgow city centre roads to close this weekend for first big Orange walk of the year
THE first Orange walk of the year is set to take place in Glasgow this weekend and several major roads will close to make way for marchers.
Around 500 women from the Ladies Orange Association of Scotland are expected to take part in the procession through the city centre on Sunday.
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Around 500 women will March in Glasgow this weekend
Credit: Alan MacGregor Ewing
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It is the first big Orange walk of the year
Credit: Alan MacGregor Ewing
It is planned to start at 1.45pm on Holland Street.
Following a limousine, the parade will head east along West Regent Street, into Blythswood Square and then down West George Street.
They will then pass through Nelson Mandela Place, across Buchanan Street and onto West George Street.
Marchers and Orange bands will then head to George Square, where a wreath will be laid.
However, with the square currently cordoned off for redevelopment works, the group will be unable to place the wreath under the Cenotaph.
Roads affected from 1.45pm Holland Street
West Regent Street
Blythswood Square
West George Street
Nelson Mandela Place
George Square
George Street
High Street
Castle Street
Cathedral Square
John Knox Street/Wishart Street
After a brief pause here, the procession will continue onto George Street, High Street, Castle Street and Cathedral Square.
The group will disperse at John Knox Street and Wishart Street.
It is the first large-scale Orange march in the city this year.
Last year, around 50,000 Orange Order members took part in events across Scotland at the height of the marching season.
Glasgow saw around 15,000 people on one of the busiest days to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.
Understanding Orange Walks in Glasgow and Scotland's Central Belt
We previously told how the day before the Orange walk, an Irish Republican march is set to take place through Glasgow.
The procession has been organised by Scottish republican group Cairde na hEireann to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.
Around 200 people are expected to take part in the march, accompanied by Irish Republican bands.
It has been proposed to start from Shuttle Street in the Merchant City at 2pm.
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