Greater than 17,000 members of the Royal Black Establishment have taken half in occasions marking the standard finish of the parade season.
The parades have been held in six areas throughout Northern Eire – Bangor, Ballyclare, Dromore, Killylea, Portrush and Sion Mills.
There have been about 350 preceptories and 300 bands collaborating in what's thought to be the finale of the parading season.
Sovereign Grand Grasp Reverend William Anderson stated Northern Eire’s citizenship of the UK has been “critically eroded” by the Northern Eire Protocol.
He was talking on the Final Saturday demonstration in Bangor, Co Down.
“We've, below the specter of republican violence, been left with a border not between the UK and the EU however between NI and the remainder of the UK – a border within the Irish Sea,” he stated.
“Which means that not solely are there quite a few customs checks for the motion of products between NI and the remainder of the UK but additionally, extra importantly, our citizenship of the UK is now completely different – it has been critically eroded.
The Act of the Union has been compromisedSovereign Grand Grasp Reverend William Anderson
“Certainly the Act of the Union has been compromised.
“How may this have occurred? The UK Authorities capitulated to EU calls for to guard the only market and to forestall inferior items from getting into the EU territory within the Republic of Eire.
“Let me spell it out in easy phrases, in order that our Authorities can perceive its obligations to its individuals right here within the UK.
“The UK Authorities has sole accountability for its residents all through the UK, particularly right here in NI.
“No a part of that accountability must be shared with any international energy.”
He additionally used his speech to “remind Republicans that there was an alternative choice to the homicide of their fellow residents”.
“That they had a selection, that of homicide or politics – till 1998 they selected the route of homicide and mayhem,” he stated.