A report on Ulster loyalism
Strand of Ulster unionism associated with working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
27 linksPart of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region.
Part of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region.
In the late 1960s, a campaign to end discrimination against Catholics and nationalists was opposed by loyalists, who saw it as a republican front.
Unionism in Ireland
25 linksPolitical tradition on the island of Ireland that favours political union with Great Britain and professes loyalty to the British Crown and constitution.
Political tradition on the island of Ireland that favours political union with Great Britain and professes loyalty to the British Crown and constitution.
Joined by loyalist labour, on the eve of World War I this broad opposition to Irish self-government concentrated in Belfast and its hinterlands as Ulster Unionism, and prepared an armed resistance—the Ulster Volunteers.
Ulster Volunteer Force
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The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group.
The Troubles
24 linksEthno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
Ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom.
Partition of Ireland
17 linksThe process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
The process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
This led to the Home Rule Crisis (1912–14), when Ulster unionists/loyalists founded a paramilitary movement, the Ulster Volunteers, to prevent Ulster being ruled by an Irish government.
Orange Order
20 linksInternational Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage.
International Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage.
The Orange Order is a conservative, British unionist and Ulster loyalist organisation.
Ulster Defence Association
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The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.
Belfast
14 linksCapital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast.
Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast.
These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also loosely referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'.
Ulster Volunteers
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The Ulster Volunteers was a unionist, loyalist militia founded in 1912 to block domestic self-government ("Home Rule") for Ireland, which was then part of the United Kingdom.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
14 linksIrish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent, socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.
Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent, socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.
The Troubles had begun shortly before when a largely Catholic, nonviolent civil rights campaign was met with violence from both Ulster loyalists and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), culminating in the August 1969 riots and deployment of British soldiers.