Northern Ireland 's biggest annual republican parade takes place in August , during Féile an Phobail . This began as a protest against internment without trial and evolved into a festival that celebrates Gaelic and republican culture . Republican parades are also held in January to commemorate Bloody Sunday , and at Easter to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.There is a Republican March every year to commemorate the anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike . The parade is attended by Republican figures such as Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams . Republican parades are attended by Irish Republican bands that come from Scotland , England and Ireland , especially the march in August to commemorate the anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Parades in Northern Ireland