{"id":26449,"date":"2022-06-02T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=26449"},"modified":"2022-06-05T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T15:20:01","slug":"beacons-to-be-lit-across-the-north-to-celebrate-queens-platinum-jubilee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=26449","title":{"rendered":"Beacons To Be Lit Across The North To Celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on a previous visit to the North (PA Media)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beacons will be lit at Northern Ireland\u2019s highest peak and most westerly town later to mark Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Platinum Jubilee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official four-day celebration of the 70th anniversary of the British queen\u2019s coronation will include street parties, exhibitions, church services and lunch events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday will mark the start of a long bank holiday weekend which will also include a visit from Britain’s Earl and Countess of Wessex, Edward and Sophie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The royal couple are expected to carry out two engagements in the region on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A gun salute will take place at Hillsborough Castle, the British royal family\u2019s official residence in Northern Ireland, while in Belfast the HMS Pembroke will be alongside for the weekend and open to visitors with pre-booked tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The region\u2019s most westerly town, Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh, will see one of the busiest celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors can see a special exhibition at Enniskillen Castle which will include a maid of honor gown and page outfit worn by local people who played key roles at the coronation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will also host a special church service at St Macartin\u2019s Cathedral on Thursday evening where the queen visited in 2012 during her Diamond Jubilee, before beacons are lit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of 1,500 beacons being lit across the UK, many locations in Northern Ireland will host a lighting including Titanic Belfast and St Columb\u2019s Cathedral in Derry, as well as the region\u2019s highest peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Walking With The Wounded charity will hike a beacon up Slieve Donard in Co Down, while their colleagues do the same at other UK peaks Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowdon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, big lunch events will be taking place across the region, including on the Shankill Road and in the town of Bangor

Buy Cialis Professional UK<\/a><\/div> , Co Down which was made a city as part of the Jubilee celebrations.<\/p>\n

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