This year's marching season in Northern Ireland has begun peacefully.
Three small parades by members of the Apprentice Boys of Derry passed off without incident this morning near flashpoint areas in Belfast.
The mood on the streets was very calm in contrast to previous years.
The police operation at three previous flashpoint areas, Ardoyne, the Ormeau Bridge, and Short Strand was low-key, compared to times when the British Army would have been required to help with security.
In north Belfast, around 20 members of the Ligoniel Walker Club of the Apprentice Boys of Derry and one band walked past the shop fronts at Ardoyne.
The band played a single drum beat, in accordance with a Parades Commission determination.
A planned protest by nationalist residents was cancelled.
There were no protestors either in south Belfast where around two dozen apprentice boys and one band paraded up to the Ormeau Bridge and boarded a bus to take them to the main parade in Kilkeel.
