In south Belfast, the residents of Sandy Row form a close-knit community and take care to pass on their values and history to the younger generation. Every July, the adults organise spectacular loyalist commemorations, and the street, which is usually a playground for children, is suddenly filled with a sense of identity.
Whether they embrace this tradition wholeheartedly or struggle to understand it, the children of Sandy Row – Brandon, Carrie, Tori, Rio, Holy and the others – spend day and night working on the bonfire to be lit on the night of July 11th. They wouldn’t miss it for the world.