“The Beginning…

Ballynafeigh is a small area of South Belfast.
It runs from the Ormeau Bridge to the roundabout were the Ormeau Road meets the Ravenhill Road. It is halfway up this section of the Ormeau Road you can find Parkmore Street and Somerset Street the streets where the Ballynafeigh Apprentice Boys Flute Band were formed.

The date of the bands formation is the early 1890′s. The band appears in the records of Ballynafeigh Orange Hall in June 1902 but is known to have been in existence long before this date. At first the band practised in the open entry at the end of Somerset Street so if it rained band practice was cancelled for that night. It then moved indoors in the same entry to what used to be old stables before moving round into an entry in Parkmore Street to a hall that was owned by Ava Blues Supporters Club.”


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