Editing Bonfire (section)

===Ireland===
Throughout Ireland bonfires are lit on the night of 31 October to celebrate [[Halloween]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/council-faces-euro1m-cleanup-bill-after-halloween-horror-2403219.html |title=Council faces €1m clean-up bill after Halloween horror |publisher=Independent.ie |date=2 November 2010 |author=Allison Bray}}</ref> or [[Samhain]]. Bonfires are also held on 30 April, particularly in [[Limerick]] to celebrate the festival of [[Bealtaine]] and on St. John's eve, 23 June, to celebrate [[Midsummer|Midsummer's eve]], particularly in [[County Cork]] where it is also known as 'Bonna Night'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citylocal.ie/Cork/news-in-Cork/crackdown-after-66k-cork-bonfire-clean-up-15223/ |title=Crackdown after €66k Cork bonfire clean-up |date=24 May 2013 |publisher=City Local – Cork |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524231811/http://www.citylocal.ie/Cork/news-in-Cork/crackdown-after-66k-cork-bonfire-clean-up-15223/ |archive-date=2013-05-24}}</ref>

In [[Northern Ireland]], bonfires are lit on [[Halloween]], 31 October, and each 11 July, bonfires are lit by many [[Protestant]] communities to celebrate the victory of [[Williamite]] forces at the [[Battle of the Boyne]], which took place on 12 July 1690. This is often called the "[[Eleventh night]]". Bonfires have also been lit by [[Catholic]] communities on 9 August since 1972 to protest and commemorate [[Operation Demetrius|Internment]].