A report on Ulster

Ulster (coloured), showing Northern Ireland in pink and the Republic of Ireland part in green
A bronze statue commemorating The Flight of the Earls at Rathmullan in north County Donegal.
A modern Protestant mural in Belfast celebrating Oliver Cromwell and his activities.
Royal Avenue, Belfast. Photochrom print circa 1890–1900.
The results of the 1918 Irish general election, in which Sinn Féin and the Irish Parliamentary Party won the majority of votes on the island of Ireland, shown in the color green and light green respectively, with the exception being primarily in the East of the province of Ulster.
At White Park Bay
Countryside west of Ballynahinch
Mourne country cottage
The track of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (CDRJC) restored next to Lough Finn, near Fintown station.
The approach of autumn, Tardree forest

One of the four traditional Irish provinces.

- Ulster

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Changes in distribution of Irish Protestants, 1861–2011

Ulster Protestants

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Changes in distribution of Irish Protestants, 1861–2011
Percentage of Protestants in each electoral division in Ulster, based on census figures from 2001 (UK) and 2006 (ROI). 0-10% dark green, 10-30% mid-green, 30-50% light green, 50-70% light orange, 70-90% mid-orange, 90-100% dark orange.

Ulster Protestants (Protastúnaigh Ultach) are an ethnoreligious group in the Irish province of Ulster, where they make up about 43% of the population.

County Londonderry

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A cannon sits atop the historic Derry Walls, which look over Derry City.
Map of County Londonderry, 1837
Downhill Strand.
Benone Strand, Northern Ireland
Downhill Tunnels near Castlerock railway station.
The oak leaf which represents the county's nickname.

County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.

Map of Ireland's over-kingdoms circa 900 AD.

Ulaid

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Gaelic over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups.

Gaelic over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups.

Map of Ireland's over-kingdoms circa 900 AD.
Ulaid during the 10th–11th century and its three main sub-kingdoms, along with some of its neighbouring kingdoms. These boundaries would be used as the basis for the dioceses created in the 12th century.
The burial site of St. Patrick at Downpatrick, County Down
Highlighted in brown, the diocese of Down and Connor, having been united in 1439. Directly south of it is the diocese of Dromore.

According to legend, the ancient territory of Ulaid spanned the whole of the modern province of Ulster, excluding County Cavan, but including County Louth.

Early medieval cóiceda (over-kingdoms) of Ireland, c. 800

Provinces of Ireland

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Early medieval cóiceda (over-kingdoms) of Ireland, c. 800
Ireland's over-kingdoms circa 900 AD
Johann Homann's 1716 map of Ireland. Note that he incorrectly places County Clare in Connacht; it had actually been returned to Munster in the immediate years after 1660.
"Cuchulain in Battle", illustration by J. C. Leyendecker in T. W. Rolleston's Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, 1911

There have been four Provinces of Ireland: Connacht (Connaught), Leinster, Munster, and Ulster.

Ireland in 1600 showing approximate Irish alliance control at its height (red), and English control (blue)

Nine Years' War (Ireland)

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The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion, took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603.

The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion, took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603.

Ireland in 1600 showing approximate Irish alliance control at its height (red), and English control (blue)
Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone
Statue of Red Hugh O'Donnell at Curlew Pass, County Roscommon commemorating the Irish victory over the English in 1599
Map of the Siege of Kinsale
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, c. 1594

The war was fought in all parts of the country, but mainly in the northern province of Ulster.

The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census in Northern Ireland aged 3 and above who stated that they could speak Ulster Scots

Ulster Scots dialect

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The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census in Northern Ireland aged 3 and above who stated that they could speak Ulster Scots
A bilingual street sign in Ballyhalbert, County Down
Middle Scots inscription "Godis Providens Is My Inheritans" over the main entrance door leading to the tower in Ballygally Castle
Poetry by Robert Huddlestone (1814–1887) inscribed in paving in Writers' Square, Belfast
A sign for the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. It shows the Irish translation (middle) and a translation in a form of Ulster Scots (bottom).
A trilingual sign at Strule Arts Centre in Omagh showing English, Irish (middle) and a form of Ulster Scots (bottom)

Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch, Albainis Ultach), also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Extent of Norman control in Ireland by 1300

Counties of Ireland

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The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island, now used in various contexts.

The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island, now used in various contexts.

Extent of Norman control in Ireland by 1300
The Pale (grey), earldoms and lordships (blue) in 1450

The areas under the control of these kings were: Ulster (Ulaidh), Leinster (Laighin), Connacht (Connachta), Munster (An Mhumhan) and Mide (An Mhídhe).

County Fermanagh

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The Cuilcagh range, on the Cavan/Fermanagh border.
Lower Lough Erne
Baronies of County Fermanagh within Northern Ireland with civil parish boundaries

County Fermanagh is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

Edward Carson signing the Ulster Covenant, 1912.

Home Rule Crisis

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Political and military crisis in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that followed the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1912.

Political and military crisis in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that followed the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1912.

Edward Carson signing the Ulster Covenant, 1912.
Unionist march in Belfast, 9 April 1912

Unionists in Ulster, determined to prevent any measure of home rule for Ireland, formed a paramilitary force, the Ulster Volunteers, which threatened to resist by force of arms the implementation of the Act and the authority of any Dublin Parliament.

County Tyrone

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Blackrock Bridge near Newtownstewart, carrying the closed GNR mainline that ran through the county

County Tyrone is one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.