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instanceOf historical document ⓘ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