Ulster Covenant

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The Ulster Covenant was a 1912 mass pledge by unionists in the north of Ireland to resist Home Rule and maintain the union with Britain, a defining moment in modern Irish and Ulster Protestant political history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
political pledge
unionist manifesto
aim to maintain the union with Great Britain
to resist the imposition of Home Rule in Ireland
alsoKnownAs Solemn League and Covenant
appliesTo north of Ireland
archivedAt Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
associatedWith Church of Ireland
Orange Order
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
commemoratedOn 2012-09-28 centenary events
country United Kingdom
dateSigned 1912-09-28
documentForm printed pledge text with signatures
follows Second Home Rule Bill
hasPart Women’s Declaration
historicalPeriod Home Rule crisis
historicalSignificance defining moment in modern Ulster unionism
major milestone in modern Irish political history
influenced creation of Northern Ireland in 1921
inspiredFormationOf Ulster Volunteer Force (1913)
keyOrganizer Sir Edward Carson
linked to: Edward Carson

Sir James Craig
language English
legalStatus non-binding political declaration
location Belfast
Ulster
methodOfSigning public mass signing
opposedBy Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish nationalists
opposes Irish Home Rule
organizedBy Ulster Unionist Council
Ulster Unionist Party
politicalAlignment British unionism
Ulster unionism
region province of Ulster
linked to: Province of Ulster
relatedEvent Third Home Rule Bill
relatedTo partition of Ireland
religiousContext Ulster Protestant community
signatoriesCount about 471,000
signatoriesType men
signedAt Belfast City Hall
Orange halls
church halls in Ulster
supports union with Great Britain
threatenedAction use of all means necessary to defeat Home Rule
womenSignatoriesCount about 234,000
year 1912

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Third Home Rule Bill triggered Ulster Covenant
James Craig participatedIn Ulster Covenant campaign
linked to: Ulster Covenant
Home Government Association goal Home Rule for Ireland
linked to: Ulster Covenant
Home Rule League goal Home Rule for Ireland
linked to: Ulster Covenant
Province of Ulster hasHistoricalEvent Ulster Covenant 1912
linked to: Ulster Covenant
Ulster Unionist Council significantEvent Ulster Covenant campaign
linked to: Ulster Covenant
Edward Carson notableEvent Ulster Covenant of 1912
subject linked to: Lord Carson
linked to: Ulster Covenant