File Ulster 5126123156 7fe565cd8a o.jpg thumb 400px UlsterVolunteers in 1914 The UlsterVolunteers were ... links between the two. Before World War I The original UlsterVolunteers were formed by Edward ... 100,000 UlsterVolunteers marching in columns. ref http www.bbc.co.uk northernireland ashorthistory ... Ulstervolunteers and Irish volunteers AD 1911 1914 ref On 13 January 1913, the Ulster Volunteer Force was formally established by the Ulster Unionist Council . Recruitment was to be limited to 100,000 ..., pp.182 183 ref blockquote Existing conditions call for the demobilisation of the UlsterVolunteers. The Force was organised, to protect the interests of the Province of Ulster, at a time when trouble ... Ulster Volunteer Force 1913 1920 Category Militant unionism fr UlsterVolunteers it UlsterVolunteers ... . In 1913 they were organised into the Ulster Volunteer Force , with many of its members enlisting with the 36th Ulster Division at the outbreak of World War I . A modern loyalist paramilitary group founded in 1966 shares the same name Ulster Volunteer Force 1966 Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF ... men signed the Ulster Covenant pledged to using all means which may be found necessary to defeat the present ... 1913, the 500 delegates of the Ulster Unionist Council met to discuss the practicalities of setting up a provisional government for Ulster. ref HM Hyde Carson. p340 341. ref Carson and Craig, supported by some British Conservative politicians, threatened to establish a Provisional government in Ulster ... led to the formation of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin on 25 November 1913 by southern Irish nationalism ... year 1968 pages 69 isbn 552 07862 X ref While Carson had hoped to have the whole of Ulster excluded ... with the 36th Ulster Division ref Fisk says 35,000 enlisted. 5,000 being killed during the attack on German ... of 1916, only the Ulster and 16th divisions remained, the 10th amalgamated into both following severe ... naval raid on Ulster and so the UVF was recast as a home defense force. ref Bowman, p.166 ... more details
The Ulster Protestant Volunteers were a Ulster loyalism loyalist and Fundamentalist Christianity fundamentalist Christian paramilitary group in Northern Ireland . They were active between 1966 and 1969 and closely linked to the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee UCDC , established by Ian Paisley in 1966. The UPV launched a bombing campaign to destabilise the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland government . It also took part in most of the counter demonstrations organised by Paisley in response to the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association Catholic civil rights marches of the late 1960s. The motto of the UPV was For God and Ulster . ref name abst http cain.ulst.ac.uk othelem organ uorgan.htm Abstracts on Organisations ref Many of its members also belonged to the Ulster Volunteer Force 1966 Ulster Volunteer Force . ref http www.philipjohnston.com ni loyalism.htm Northern Ireland Development of Loyalism ref References references Category The Troubles Northern Ireland Category Militant unionism Category Ulster unionism fr Ulster Protestant Volunteers ga glaigh Protast nach Uladh no Ulster Protestant Volunteers ... more details
The Ulster Defence Volunteers UDV and later the Ulster Home Guard were a force recruited by the Government of Northern Ireland to perform the role of the Home Guard United Kingdom Home Guard in Northern Ireland during World War II . The UDV was recruited following the formation of the Home Guard in Britain around May 1940. Due to concerns about the possibility of inadvertently training Irish republicans, the UDV was formed from members of the Ulster Special Constabulary USC also known as the B Specials during the period rather than volunteers from all sections of the community as in the rest of the United Kingdom Genesis of the force The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland , James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon , told his cabinet in May 1940 before a force like the Home Guard could take place, problems had to be addressed blockquote There were grave objections... to the establishment here of a local ... Constable s. As such the initial official name was the Local Defence Volunteers Section, Ulster Special Constabulary . The UDV was eventually formed into the Ulster Home Guard administered through the Royal Ulster Constabulary RUC . As such they were a paramilitary force unprotected by the Geneva Conventions . This brought the defences of Northern Ireland up to 3,000 Royal Ulster Constabulary 12,000 B Specials 12,000 UDV When the UDV s in Northern Ireland were reformed as the Ulster Home Guard ... effort that had been made in Ulster Northern Ireland to keep the various Ulster units of the Army up to strength. blockquote Formation The UDV was formed from members of the Ulster Special Constabulary ... 1972 A History of Ulster by Jonathan Bardon Blackstaff Press, Belfast 2001 In time of War by Robert Fisk Gill & Macmillan, 1983 Duty Without Glory The story of Ulster s Home Guard in the Second World ... ancedotal remembrances . Insignia of the Ulster Home Guard available http members.madasafish.com bloodandroses ... Category Groups of World War II Category Military history of Northern Ireland Category Royal Ulster ... more details
No footnotes date November 2010 152 Ulster Transport Regiment , Royal Corps of Transport and Royal Logistics Corps , is a regiment of the Territorial Army United Kingdom Territorial Army in the United Kingdom . The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport in 1967 with two transport squadrons. In the 1980s it was redesignated 152 Ulster Ambulance Regiment , and transferred into the Royal Logistics Corps in 1993 as 152 Ulster Ambulance Transport Regiment . In 1999 it acquired a third squadron from 157th Transport Regiment and was put under the administrative control of the Army Medical Services . In 2006 it re roled as a transport regiment and was transferred back to Royal Logistic Corps control, returning an ambulance squadron to 157th Transport Regiment and acquiring a newly raised third transport squadron. Current Squadrons 211 Transport Squadron 1967 to date Based in Caw Camp, Londonderry. 220 Transport Squadron 1967 to date Based in Palace Barracks, Holywood previously Ava Barracks, Sunnyside Street TA Centre prior to 2006. 227 Transport Squadron. 400 Transport Squadron 2006 to date Based in Palace Barracks, Holywood previously Ava Barracks, Sunnyside Street TA Centre prior to 2006. 580 Transport Squadron 1999 to 2006 Based in Maindy Barracks, Cardiff. Former Squadrons 580 Transport Squadron 1999 to 2006 Based in Maindy Barracks, Cardiff and now with 157 Transport Regiment. Former Company s 931 Ulster Company, Royal Army Service Corps TA 1947 to 1967 . References reflist http www.arrse.co.uk wiki 220 Ambulance Squadron RLC 28V 29 http www.armyjobs.mod.uk ni rolesandregiments ta pages 152 Ulster TransportRegimentRLC Volunteers .aspx MOD website Category Regiments of the Royal Corps of Transport Category Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps Category Military units and formations established in 1967 Category Military of Northern Ireland Category Regiments of the British Army Category Irish regiments of the British Army ... more details
that unit was continued by the regular 56 HAA Regt . The successor of which, the 206 Ulster Battery Royal Artillery Volunteers , of 105th Regiment RA V the Ulster and Scottish Gunners is one of the most ...Unreferenced date April 2010 206 Ulster Battery Royal Regiment of Artillery Royal Artillery Territorial Army United Kingdom Volunteers The Ulster Gunners , is part of British Army British Army s 105th Regiment Royal Artillery Volunteers . It is a TA artillery sub unit based in Northern Ireland and is split between two locations, Newtownards and Coleraine . History 8th Belfast Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery The 8 Belfast HAA Regiment Royal Artillery Supplementary Reserve , was founded in the wake of the Munich crisis, and recruited mainly in the spring of 1939 from young men of the City and District of Belfast. It was mobilised and at action stations, manning its guns to defend Belfast, before war was declared on 3 September 1939. In October, it left for practice camp in Cornwall, and thence to France, where it joined the British Expeditionary Force before Christmas. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940, all units were soon in action, but the fortunes of war resulted in evacuation from Dunkirk, Cherbourg, Saint Malo and other ports during late May and early June. One troop successfully brought back four of its 3.7 AA guns and some vital gunnery instruments despite having orders to blow them up. Back in England, the regiment was soon in action ..., instead of being dispersed in age groups as was the common practice, and returned home to Ulster ... in 1993 by the Options for Change program and the disbandment of 102 Ulster Regiment, Royal Artillery Volunteers . The two old batteries of 206 Coleraine Battery and 215 North Down Battery were amalgamated to form 206 Ulster Battery. The new Battery was absorbed into 105 Regiment to make the Ulster ... Battery. Role 206 Ulster Battery has recently When date April 2011 re roled from being an Air ... more details
the Ulster Covenant of 1912 pledging to resist Home Rule. This movement also set up the UlsterVolunteers ... from Dublin on Ulster s unionist minority. In response, Irish nationalists created the Irish Volunteers ...about the nine county Irish province Infobox settlement official name Ulster nickname native name Pad ... Ulster locator map.svg mapsize 192px subdivision type Sovereign states subdivision name United Kingdom ... of Ireland 2011 for Ulster part of . ref cite web title Table 1. Population of each Province ... Central Statistics Office Ireland Central Statistics Office accessdate 7 January 2012 ref Ulster lang ga Ulaidh or C ige Uladh , Ulster Scots dialects Ulster Scots Ulst r ref http www.drdni.gov.uk alternative formats in ulster scots Ulster Scots Ulst r Scotch NI Department for Regional Development. ref ref http www.culturenorthernireland.org article 1410 ulster s hiddlin swaatch Ulster s Hiddlin ... Guide to Monea Castle Ulster Scots version Department of the Envirnoment. ref or Ulster ref http www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org annual report 2010 ulster scots.pdf North South Ministerial Council 2010 Annual Report in Ulster Scots ref ref http www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org ulster scots nsmc 2009 annual report 3.pdf North South Ministerial Council 2009 Annual Report in Ulster Scots ... Tourism Ireland 2008 Yearly Report in Ulster Scots ref is one of the four provinces of Ireland , located ... for local government purposes. Ulster is composed of nine counties. Six of these almost 57 of the land ... Donegal Donegal and County Monaghan Monaghan . Terminology The Place names in Irish name Ulster ... word for someone or something from Ulster is Ultach . Words that have been used in English are Ullish ... Northern Ireland is often referred to as Ulster , ref http dictionary.reference.com browse UlsterUlster &mdash Definitions from Dictionary.com Bot generated title ref despite including only six of Ulster ... to this use of the term. ref name cain.ulst.ac.uk Geography and demographics File Ulster counties.svg ... more details
The Volunteers may refer to The Volunteers band , a Norwegian band with leafd singer Sivert H yem The Volunteers album , an album by onelinedrawing Whiskey Rebellion Legacy The Volunteers , musical farce about the Whiskey Rebellion by Susanna Rowson disambig ... more details
Refimprove date July 2007 File Newbuildings flags.jpg thumb right 200px The Union Flag , Ulster Banner ... Volunteer Force.svg thumb A loyalist flag bearing the Red Hand of Ulster and the slogan For God and UlsterUlster loyalism is an ideology that is opposed to a united Ireland . It can mean either support ... Kingdom i.e. Unionism in Ireland unionism , support for Ulster independence Northern Ireland ... dir ltr Ulster loyalism and the British media span , University of Michigan Press, ISBN 1851823670 ... is simply loyalty to Ulster not to the Union with Britain and it is mis described as unionism . ref ... of Ulster were excluded from the independent Irish Free State later the Republic of Ireland . These counties ... 2008 remained a part of the United Kingdom. Two other Ulster counties also remained part of the UK ... parties Progressive Unionist Party PUP Ulster Democratic Party UDP Ulster Protestant League 1931 Ulster Protestant League UPL Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party VUPP aka Ulster Vanguard Volunteer ... right wing Unionism Ireland unionist parties like the Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionists ... been involved with Ulster Resistance and worked alongside loyalist paramilitaries such as the Ulster Defence Association in the 1974 Ulster Workers Council Strike s and the 1977 Loyalist Association of Workers ... its paramilitary vigilante campaign. class wikitable sortable Name Initials Operational Ulster Protestant Association UPA 1920 1922 Ulster Protestant Action UPA 1956 1966 Ulster Protestant Volunteers UPV 1966 1969 Ulster Volunteer Force 1966 Ulster Volunteer Force br Red Hand Commandos Red Hand Commando br Young Citizen Volunteers UVF br RHC br YCV Timeline of Ulster Volunteer Force actions 1966 2007 br 1972 2007 br 1972 2007 Ulster Defence Association br Ulster Defence Association Structure and leadership Ulster Freedom Fighters br Ulster Young Militants br Ulster Defence Association Structure and leadership Ulster Defence Force UDA br UFF br UYM br UDF Timeline of Ulster Defence Association ... more details
Mid Ulster can refer to Central Ulster Mid Ulster Assembly constituency Mid Ulster UK Parliament constituency Mid Ulster English the proposed Mid Ulster District local authority disambig ... more details
groups could be mobilised through the Ulster Clubs. ref name Wood84 The clubs also attracted a hardcore of evangelical s, mainly from County Armagh , who were veterans of the Ulster Protestant Volunteers and who saw the Ulster Clubs as a basis for a new armed group. ref Steve Bruce, Paisley ...The Ulster Clubs was the name given to a network of Unionism in Ireland unionist organisations founded in Northern Ireland in November 1985. Emerging from an earlier group based in Portadown the Ulster ..., Under Siege Ulster Unionism and the Anglo Irish Agreement , Blackstaff Press, 1989, p. 74 ref Origins ..., p. 84 ref This group was reconstituted as a wider umbrella movement, the United Ulster Loyalist ... Ulster Defence Association UDA with South Belfast Brigade chief and UDA deputy leader John McMichael ... as well as the Ulster Volunteer Force UVF . ref name Wood84 Development After an initial flurry of activity ... a new lease of life when a meeting was held at the Ulster Hall on 1 November at which the formation of a more formalised arrangement, the Ulster Clubs, was announced. A network of clubs was to established ... surrounding the Government of Ireland Act 1914 . ref Taylor, p. 179 ref Wright hoped that the Ulster ... and strike action. ref Wood, p. 87 ref Individual members of the Ulster Clubs also became involved in Peter ... Joel Patton, who later came to prominence during the Drumcree conflict , felt that the Ulster Clubs, which he helped to establish, could effectively the place of the Royal Ulster Constabulary RUC .... ref Moloney, p. 312 ref The clubs also played a role in the formation of Ulster Resistance in late ... by Ian Paisley . ref Wood, p. 133 ref In November 1986, Alan Wright spoke at the Ulster Hall rally that launched Ulster Resistance, although there were many within the Ulster Clubs who advised him against ... expedient. ref Taylor, p. 185 ref Ulster nationalism The Ulster Clubs also became influenced by the ideas of Ulster nationalism as an alternative to unionism, given that many saw the Anglo Irish ... more details
Ulster Championship may refer to a number of Gaelic games competitions in Ulster GAA Ulster Inter county Gaelic football competitions Ulster Senior Football Championship Ulster Under 21 Football Championship Ulster Minor Football Championship Ulster Junior Football Championship Club Gaelic football competitions Ulster Senior Club Football Championship Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship Ulster Junior Club Football Championship Ulster Minor Club Football Championship Inter county hurling competitions Ulster Senior Hurling Championship Ulster Under 21 Hurling Championship Ulster Minor Hurling Championship Ulster Intermediate Hurling Championship Ulster Junior Hurling Championship Club hurling competitions Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship Ulster Minor Club Hurling Championship See also Ulster GAA disamb ... more details
wiktionarypar Ulsterulster Wikisource UlsterUlsterUlster is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Ulster may also refer to Places Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom formed in 1921 from six of the nine counties that made up the Irish province at that time Ulster County, New York , United States of America Ulster, New York , a town in Ulster County Ulster Township , a township in Pennsylvania, USA Ulster river , a river in central Germany Other Ulster Covenant Kipling s Ulster 1912 Ulster , a poem also referred to as Ulster 1912 written in 1912 by Rudyard Kipling, dedicated to Irish Unionists Ulster coat , a long, loose overcoat made of rough material Ulster Rugby , the branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union governing rugby union in the historic Irish province, and also the professional rugby team operated by this body Ulster F.C. , a defunct football club HMS Ulster HMS Ulster , the name of two ships of the Royal Navy Ulster and Delaware Railroad , also known as the Ulster http books.google.com books?id 38YTAAAAIAAJ&q 22the ulster is , connecting Ulster to the Delaware River Ulster nationalism Ulster Nationalism , a movement that seeks the independence of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom Ulsterman , nickname of a man, never identified, involved with the Great Train Robbery 1963 . See also New Ulster , a province in New Zealand 1841 53 disambig Category Place name disambiguation pages br Ulster dishe velout de Ulster Begriffskl rung es Ulster desambiguaci n fr Ulster homonymie it Ulster disambigua ... more details
Ulster Flag can refer to two different flags The Flag of Ulster , one of the four provinces of Ireland . The Ulster Banner , the official flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland . Disambig ... more details
, when thousands of unionists signed the Ulster Covenant , pledging to resist Home Rule. In 1913 they formed the UlsterVolunteers UVF , an armed wing of Ulster Unionism and organised locally by the Orange Order the UlsterVolunteers stated that they would resist Home Rule by force. ref Townsend, Charles ...The National Volunteers was the name taken by the majority of the Irish Volunteers that sided with Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond after the movement split over the question of the Volunteers role in World War I . Origins The National Volunteers were the product of the Irish political crisis ... group, the Irish Volunteers , at a meeting held in Dublin on 25 November 1913 the purpose ... against Ulster armed opposition to Home Rule s coming into operation. While Redmond took no role in the creation of the Irish Volunteers, when he saw how influential they had become he realized ... Casement and other leaders of the Irish Volunteers, had indeed sought Redmond s approval of and input ... him control over the Volunteers. The motion was bitterly opposed by the radical members of the committee ... in Woodenbridge , County Wicklow on September 20, in which he called for members of the Volunteers to enlist ... Movement Home Rule settlement to support the British war cause, joining together with the UlsterVolunteers who offered immediate support by enlisting in the 36th Ulster Division . Secondly, he hoped that the Volunteers, with arms and training from the British, would become the nucleus of an Irish Army after Home Rule was implemented. ref Townshend, p. 73 ref He reminded the Irish Volunteers ... of confronting any attempt to Partition of Ireland exclude Ulster from the operation of the Government ..., and nearly all of the original leaders of the Volunteers grouped together to dismiss his appointees. However, the great majority of the Volunteers supported Redmond, and became known as the National Volunteers. ref name oriordan Recruitment for World War I See also Ireland and World War I The vast ... more details
The Ulster Scot is a free, monthly publication produced by the Ulster Scots Agency , published in Northern Ireland . It is a product of incentives to encourage awareness of Ulster heritage and often provided as a supplement with local newspaper The News Letter . It was first published in November 2002. The news topics are based around the heritage of Ulster Scots and the Ulster variant of the Scots language . The main content of the paper is written in English language English with various tit bit sections in Ulster Scots. It reports on Ulster Scots events such as dances and Burns supper s, as well as releases of traditional music on CD and books about Ulster Scots language and culture. The Ulster Scot has occasioned some controversy. The writer and broadcaster Malachi O Doherty reported in the Belfast Telegraph on 2 December 2002 that a republican friend thought the paper made Ulster Protestants appear stupid . Fact date February 2009 A notable regular feature in The Ulster Scot is The Crack , a column written in Ulster Scots dialects Ulster Scots , which gives writer Conal Gillespie s opinion on recent news. It can be read online at the Ulster Scots Agency website, http www.ulsterscotsagency.com thacrack2.asp ulsterscotsagency.com . The editor of The Ulster Scot is the church journalist Billy Kennedy and its associate editor is Joanne Crockard. External links http www.ulsterscotsagency.com theulsterscot.asp Official site Category Newspapers published in Northern Ireland Ulster Scot, The NorthernIreland stub ... more details
of the UlsterVolunteers in 1912, and its declared primary aim was to secure and maintain ... in January 1913 with the formation of the UlsterVolunteers composed of adult male Unionism in Ireland ..., despite the precedent established by the UlsterVolunteers. They therefore confined themselves to encouraging ... of the Irish Volunteers was not merely a knee jerk reaction to the UlsterVolunteers, which ... The Curragh Incident, London, 1964. ref Then in April 1914 the UlsterVolunteers successfully imported ...For the late 18th century Volunteers Irish Volunteers 18th century distinguish Volunteer Irish republican Volunteers of Ireland Infobox War Faction name Irish Volunteers br glaigh na h ireann war Easter ... Empire battles The Irish Volunteers lang ga glaigh na h ireann was a military organisation established ... 7 8 isbn 0 750 93433 6 ref The Volunteers included members of the Conradh na Gaeilge Gaelic League , Ancient ... 22 December 2007. ref and, secretly, the Irish Republican Brotherhood IRB . The Volunteers fought ... and the Unionists in Ulster. ref Cite book last White first Gerry coauthors Brendan O Shea others ... of the Irish Volunteers came from the Irish Republican Brotherhood IRB . ref Easter 1916 The Irish ... Volunteers 1913 1915 , F. X. Martin 1963, page 24, The Easter Rising , Michael Foy & Brian Barton, 2004 ... , and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, believed the IRB should use the formation of the UlsterVolunteers as an excuse to try to persuade the public to form an Irish volunteer force . ref ... until the precedent of Ulster should have first been established while waiting for the lead to come ... for the open organisation of the Irish Volunteers in January 1913. James Stritch, an IRB member, had ... of the Wolfe Tone Clubs . Anticipating the formation of the Volunteers they began to learn ... which gave rise to the article entitled The North Began , giving the Irish Volunteers ... with this object that the Irish Volunteers 18th century Volunteers of 1782 were enrolled ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 for the ship PS Earl of Ulster 1878 The title of Earl of Ulster has been ... s son, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster . Ulster is one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland . Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, First Creation 1205 Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster 1176 1243 Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Second Creation 1264 Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster d.1271 Richard g de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster 1259 1326 William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster 1312 1333 Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, 4th Countess of Ulster d.1363 m. Lionel of Antwerp Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, jure uxoris Earl of Ulster 1338 1368 Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster Philippa, Countess of March, 5th Countess of Ulster ... Earl of Ulster 1352 1381 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster 1374 1398 Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster 1391 1425 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, 8th Earl of Ulster 1412 1460 Edward IV of England Edward of York, 4th Duke of York, 9th Earl of Ulster 1442 1483 , merged in crown 1461 Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Third Creation 1659 James II of England James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany 1633 1701 , merged in crown 1685 Earls of Ulster ... of Brunswick L neburg, Duke of York and Albany 1674 1728 Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Fifth Creation 1760 Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany 1739 1767 Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Sixth Creation 1784 Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany 1763 1827 Earls of Ulster, Peerage ... of Edinburgh 1844 1900 Earls of Ulster, Peerage of the United Kingdom, Second Creation 1928 Prince ... of Ulster Alexander Windsor b. 1974 , Prince Richard s eldest son, is the heir apparent to the dukedom, and, as such, uses Earl of Ulster as a Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom courtesy title . DEFAULTSORT ... more details
and Ulster Defence Association . ref cite web title Orange Volunteers author url http cain.ulst.ac.uk ... forces. ref http www.midulstermail.co.uk news local orange volunteers claim moneymore bomb attack 1 1800042 Orange Volunteers claim Moneymore bomb attack . Mid Ulster Mail , 24 August 2009. ref ...Infobox militant organization name Orange Volunteers br Orange Volunteer Force logo Orange Volunteers logo.png caption Orange Volunteers logo. br The motto translates as Fortune favours the bold dates July 1998 present leader Clifford Peeples until 2001 motives area Northern Ireland ideology Ulster loyalism ... organization profile.asp?id 79 ref revenue financing The Orange Volunteers OV or Orange Volunteer ... is an Ulster loyalism Ulster loyalist and Fundamentalist Christianity Protestant fundamentalist paramilitary ... the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army prevented members of the Portadown Orange Institution ... 86124 236 X , p. 141. ref The group is believed to be made up of dissident Ulster loyalism loyalists ... and 1999, the Orange Volunteers were led by Clifford Peeples , a Protestant pastor from Belfast ... and Ulster evangelicals . ref On 27 November 1998, eight masked OV members brandishing guns and grenades ... to defend our people and if it comes to the crunch we will assassinate the enemies of Ulster. Ordinary ... in the run up to the Ulster Gaelic football championships. ref name sep00 http www.patfinucanecentre.org ... Massereene Barracks shooting Massereene Barracks shooting . ref cite web title Orange Volunteers claim Burn Road pipe bomb responsibility author url http www.midulstermail.co.uk news 39Orange Volunteers claim Burn Road.5058825.jp publisher Mid Ulster Mail date 11 March 2009 ref 18 Aug 2009 In retaliation ... , Rasharkin , Dunloy and Ballymoney . ref cite web title Call for Orange Volunteers to end attacks author url http www.newsletter.co.uk news Call for Orange volunteers to.5562566.jp publisher ... publisher BBC News date 21 December 2000 ref See also Red Hand Defenders Real Ulster Freedom Fighters ... more details
unreferenced date March 2008 The Custom of Ulster gave tenants of this Provinces of Ireland province of Ireland a reasonable expectation of security of tenure so long as they paid their rent, and also allowed them to sell the right to occupy their holding to another tenant acceptable to the landlord. It was believed to be one reason for the greater prosperity of Ulster farms, but modern research does not support this. The Custom of Ulster was given the force of law under the 1870 Irish Land Act . Ireland hist stub Category Ulster Category History of Northern Ireland ... more details
of the Province of Ulster is often flown in Gaelic Athletic Association contexts Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland . Due to large scale Plantation of Ulster plantations of people from ... activity, Ulster has a unique culture, quite different from the rest of Ireland . Citation needed date February 2010 Given that all of Northern Ireland lies within Ulster, the culture of Northern Ireland is often considered to be very similar to that of Ulster. Languages Mid Ulster English is the English based dialect of most people in Ulster, including those in the two main cities. It represents a cross over area between Ulster Scots language Ulster Scots and Hiberno English . It spoken across mid Ulster between the Lagan Valley Lagan and Clogher valleys in areas historically planted by settlers ... . Citation needed date February 2010 The dialect is currently encroaching on the Ulster Scots area, especially in the Belfast commuter belt, and may eventually consume it. Ulster Scots dialects Ulster ... variety of Scots language Scots spoken in parts of Ulster. Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in Ulster. The only county in Ulster to include Gaeltacht regions today is County ... with Ulster, the dialects of southern Scottish Gaelic Scotland and Manx language Manx , share similarities with Ulster Irish. Sport Ulster Rugby Ulster GAA Ulster Senior Hurling Championship Ulster Senior Football Championship Food and Drink A dish from Ulster is the Ulster fry , usually served at breakfast . Also across Ulster dishes are found containing seafood , especially salmon and trout from ... s Football Special , which is made in Ramelton . A famous ice cream made in Ulster is Morelli s, which ... famous Ulster icecream. A well known confectionary sweet made in Ulster is Yellow Man, while ... Ulster Irish or Donegal Irish is exclusive to Ulster. Ulster Irish is very different, as is the old ... songs tend to be structured, in Ulster songs are wider ranging in style. Citation needed date February ... more details
No footnotes date April 2008 Ulster nationalism is the name given ref http www.ulsternationalist.freeservers.com Ulster Nationalist , accessed 5 February 2009 ref ref http www.ulsternation.org.uk Ulster ... has been supported by groups such as Ulster Third Way and some factions of the Ulster Defence Association ... of the United Kingdom and the Government of Ireland . Although the term Ulster refers ... Ireland within Unionism in Ireland unionism and Ulster loyalism , from which Ulster nationalism originated. History W. F. McCoy and Dominion status Ulster nationalism has its origins Disputed inline ... Northern Ireland to become the Dominion of Ulster with a political system similar to Canada , New ... Free State prior to 1937. McCoy, a lifelong member of the Ulster Unionist Party , felt that the uncertain ... his own form of limited Ulster nationalism as a way to safeguard Northern Ireland s relationship with the United Kingdom . Some members of the Ulster Vanguard movement, led by William Craig politician ... . He later founded the British Ulster Dominion Party to this end but it faded into obscurity around 1979. Loyalism and Ulster nationalism Whilst early versions of Ulster nationalism had been designed ... himself in 1973 as an Ulster nationalist . The successful Ulster Workers Council Strike in 1974 ... Rees as an outbreak of Ulster nationalism . After the strike loyalism began to embrace Ulster nationalist ... A History of the UDA , pg. 50. ref Firm proposals for an independent Ulster were produced in 1976 by the Ulster Loyalist Central Co ordinating Committee and in 1977 by the UDA s New Ulster Political ... introduction. John McMichael , as candidate for the UDA linked Ulster Loyalist Democratic ... abandoned by the UDA soon after, although the policy was still considered by the Ulster Democratic Party under Ray Smallwoods . A short lived Ulster Independence Party also operated, although the assassination ... Ulster nationalism went into something of a decline following the South Belfast by election in loyalist ... more details
Ulster Publishing is a newspaper publisher in Kingston, New York , established in January 1972 by Geddy Sveikauskas. ref cite web url http appsext8.dos.state.ny.us corp public CORPSEARCH.ENTITY INFORMATION?p nameid 378404&p corpid 321209&p entity name Ulster 20Publishing&p name type A&p search type BEGINS title ULSTER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. work Division of Corporations, Department of State, New York accessdate 2007 03 05 ref Newspapers Kingston Times ref cite web url http www.kingstonx.com title Kingston Times & 124 News of Uptown, Midtown and The Strand first last work kingstonx.com year 2012 accessdate 13 April 2012 ref Highland Mid Hudson Post New Paltz Times OCLC 47137338 , Weekly, 2001 Saugerties Times OCLC 41303107 , Biweekly, 1996 Southern Ulster Pioneer OCLC 23012766 Woodstock Times Ulster Publishing Almanac small Some of these newspapers either predate the Ulster Publishing company or the same name has been used for different publications. ref http www.nysl.nysed.gov nysnp all 456.htm New York State Newspapers Ulster County NY newspapers on microfilm and paper at all NYS locations Bot generated title ref small References references External links http www.ulsterpublishing.com Ulster Publishing Category Publishing companies established in 1972 Category Media in Ulster County, New York Category Newspaper companies of the United States NewYork newspaper stub ... more details
Infobox River river name Ulster image name caption origin Rh n Mountains mouth Werra br coord 50 50 36 N 9 59 5 E display inline,title basin countries Germany length 56 km elevation discharge watershed The Ulster is a 56 km long river in Thuringia and Hesse , Germany , left tributary of the Werra . Its source is in the Rh n Mountains , near Ehrenberg, Hesse Ehrenberg . The Ulster flows generally north through the towns Hilders , Tann, Hesse Tann , Geisa and Unterbreizbach . It flows into the Werra in Philippsthal Werra Philippsthal . Category Werra drainage basin Category Rivers of Hesse Category Rivers of Thuringia Hesse geo stub Thuringia geo stub cs Ulster eka de Ulster Werra ru ... more details
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ulster , after Ulster , one of the four provinces of Ireland HMS Ulster 1917 6 was a modified R class destroyer 1916 R class destroyer launched in 1917 and sold in 1928. HMS Ulster R83 6 was a U and V class destroyer U class destroyer launched in 1942. She was converted into a Type 15 frigate Type 15 fast anti submarine warfare anti submarine frigate between 1954 and 1956, and was sold in 1980. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Ulster, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
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