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  • 12/07/2025
Cheryl Smyth, 37, and from Artigarvan in north-west Tyrone, on coming to the Belfast Twelfth for the first time (2025)
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00:00Would you mind introducing yourself and telling us how today's going for you?
00:03My name is Cheryl Smith and I am from Ernie Irvine and today is going great.
00:08Couldn't have picked any better weather and this is my, well, I have two kids so this is my first free twelfth
00:16and so we decided to go to Belfast for the year and it's going great. Fantastic.
00:23And fundamentally what does the twelfth mean to you?
00:25Twelfth means, well, it means it's the family day. It's time for us all to be together to show that we are here, we are strong, we are proud and loud.
00:38And why come all the way to Belfast?
00:41I think it's always, well, it's always been a dream to always go to the Belfast well because our own is in Six Mile Cross this year.
00:49So we just thought, you know what, this year let's do something different.
00:52So we thought, come to the heart of it all and we're having a fantastic time.
00:57I'll ask you one final question if I may, how does it compare to other twelfths you've been to?
01:02Well, in Six Mile Cross you'll probably hear a lot more pig fans.
01:07But it's just a great atmosphere, everybody's here to enjoy themselves and it's just fantastic.

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