Each year, on the first Saturday of December, the Apprentice Boy's of Derry celebrate Lundy's Day. It is a commemoration rooted in the 1688 Siege of Derry. A major event during the Williamite Wars in the seventeenth century, the Jacobite forces led by James II appeared at Derry's walls to find the gates shut by the city's Apprentice Boys in defiance of the Catholic monarch. The Apprentice Boys supported William of Orange who overthrew and replaced James II as King of England, Ireland and Scotland. During the siege the city's governer, Robert Lundy, sabotaged various efforts to protect the city. He is a symbol of hatred in Ulster Loyalism and his name became synonomous with 'traitor'. Each year, an effigy of Lundy is burnt by the Apprentice Boys.
This video depicts the preparation of the effigy for burning and an interview with a celebrant conducted by John Peto. This footage was recorded for use in the 2008 BBC Northern Ireland documentary trilogy Battele of the Bogside, No Go and Exodus.