Ulster Defence Association

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ulster_Defence_Association

GPTKB entity

Statements (98)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:UDA
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Ulster_Democratic_Party gptkb:UDA_Ards_Brigade gptkb:UDA_East_Belfast_Brigade gptkb:UDA_Lagan_Brigade gptkb:UDA_Mid_Ulster_Brigade gptkb:UDA_North_Antrim_&_Londonderry_Brigade gptkb:UDA_North_Belfast_Brigade gptkb:UDA_South_Belfast_Brigade gptkb:UDA_South_East_Antrim_Brigade gptkb:UDA_West_Belfast_Brigade gptkb:Ulster_Freedom_Fighters gptkb:Ulster_Political_Research_Group gptkb:Ulster_Young_Militants
gptkbp:ceasefire_declared	1994
gptkbp:claimed_responsibility_for	numerous attacks during The Troubles
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:decommissioned_weapons	2010
gptkbp:estimated_membership_(peak)	20,000
gptkbp:flag	UDA flag
gptkbp:founded	1971
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:crime gptkb:drug_trafficking extortion protection rackets
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Belfast
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ulster Defence Association
gptkbp:ideology	British unionism Ulster loyalism anti-Irish republicanism
gptkbp:involves	gptkb:The_Troubles
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Quis_Separabit
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Michael_Stone gptkb:William_McCrea gptkb:Billy_Elliot gptkb:John_White gptkb:John_Gregg gptkb:Jim_Gray gptkb:James_Craig gptkb:Billy_McFarland gptkb:Billy_McQuiston gptkb:Colin_'Crazy'_Craig gptkb:Davy_Payne gptkb:Frankie_Curry gptkb:Gary_Fisher gptkb:James_'Sham'_Millar gptkb:Sammy_Duddy gptkb:Stephen_McKeag gptkb:Tommy_Lyttle gptkb:William_'Big_Bill'_Hamilton gptkb:William_'Billy'_Elliot gptkb:William_'Billy'_McCrea gptkb:William_'Billy'_McFarland gptkb:William_'Billy'_McQuiston gptkb:William_'Billy'_Spence gptkb:William_'Bucky'_McCullough gptkb:William_'Budgie'_Allen gptkb:William_'Frenchie'_Marchant gptkb:William_'Mo'_Courtney gptkb:William_'Winkie'_Dodds gptkb:Joe_English
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Milltown_Cemetery_attack gptkb:Castlerock_killings gptkb:Greysteel_massacre gptkb:John_McMichael_assassination gptkb:Loughinisland_massacre gptkb:Sean_Graham_bookmakers'_shooting gptkb:Shankill_Butchers gptkb:UDA_decommissioning_(2010) gptkb:UDA_feud_(2002–2003) gptkb:UDA_feud_(2006–2007) Johnny Adair expulsion
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:John_McMichael gptkb:Andy_Tyrie gptkb:Jackie_McDonald gptkb:Jim_Spence gptkb:Johnny_Adair gptkb:Tommy_Herron
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Provisional_IRA gptkb:Sinn_Féin gptkb:INLA Irish Republican Army
gptkbp:politicalWing	gptkb:Ulster_Democratic_Party gptkb:Ulster_Political_Research_Group
gptkbp:responsibility	gptkb:England gptkb:Northern_Ireland gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:rival	gptkb:Ulster_Volunteer_Force gptkb:Loyalist_Volunteer_Force gptkb:Red_Hand_Commando
gptkbp:status	illegal organization (since 1992) proscribed organization (UK)
gptkbp:women's_wing	gptkb:Ulster_Freedom_Fighters
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Troubles gptkb:UDA gptkb:Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5