Around seventy preceptories took part in the Royal Black Institution's ‘Last Saturday’ parade at venues across Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile County Londonderry's "Black" parade was held in the Republic.
Raphoe hosted around 40 preceptories, the majority of them from Northern Ireland.
The Co Londonderry demonstration of 30 preceptories and bands enjoyed long lasting sunshine in East Donegal.
A Black demonstration was last held in Raphoe in 2005.
The Royal Black Institution presented three resolutions at the six demonstrations on Saturday.
A religious motion asserted that the Institution is based on the Holy Bible and promotes Protestant Reformation teachings.
The loyalty resolution reaffirms loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen, while the constitutional resolution remembers the supreme sacrifice of whose who died at the Somme on July 1, 1916.
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