First Loyalist parade of 2026 in Glasgow this weekend

The procession, which with an expected 60 participants will be one of the smallest to take place throughout the year

The Partick Murray Apprentice Boys of Derry have given Glasgow City Council notice that they are holding a parade on Saturday, January 24, on main roads in the west of the city.

It will leave from Beith Street in the Partick area before proceeding along Rosevale Street and onto Dumbarton Road heading east before continuing on Sauchiehall Street at the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Galleries before turning right into Radnor Street, and right again onto Argyle Street heading back west along Dumbarton Road to Rosevale Street and ending back at Beith Street.

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The parade is due to leave at 11.45 am.

The parade will be the first of many by Protestant Loyalist groups in the city this year.

For the last year, 2024/25, there were 240 public processions across Glasgow.

The majority were held by loyalist protestant organisations, outnumbering all the others combined.

For the 12 months, there were 153 from just three organisation.

The Orange Order held the most with 118 parades, the Apprentice Boys of Derry held 25, and the Black Institute organised 10.

There were five Irish Republican marches and two held by Trade Unions.

Last year most of the processions were held in the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward, with 105.

There were 40 in Calton where a lot of Orange Order and Apprentice Boys of Derry parades start and end.

Govan had 22 and Partick East/Kelvindale, where Kelvin Way and Kelvingrove Park are, had 16.