Ulster Covenant
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Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant, commonly known as the Ulster Covenant, was signed by nearly 500,000 people on and before 28 September 1912, in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill for Ireland
Ulster Covenant
Photograph entitled Ulster Day, Unionist Clubs & Orangemen marching into City Hall to sign the Covenant, Belfast, 1912
Sir Edward Carson signing the Solemn League and Covenant
The Covenant on a mural in Thorndyke Street, Belfast
Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to
Ulster Covenant
…Home Rule Bill for Ireland introduced by the British Government in the same year. Today, the date is marked as a commemorative and celebratory event in Northern Ireland, known by its name sake "Ulster Day", or the Ulster Covenant Festival, with the Orange Order and Apprentice Boys taking part in parades and other…
Signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912 in opposition to Home Rule
Crowds in Belfast for the state opening of the Northern Ireland Parliament on 22 June 1921
James Craig (centre) with members of the first government of Northern Ireland
Opening of the Northern Ireland parliament buildings (Stormont) in 1932