Ulster Defence Association
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The Ulster Defence Association is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in September 1971 as an umbrella group for various loyalist groups and undertook an armed cam
UDA members marching through Belfast city centre, mid-1972
A UFF flag in Finvoy, a rural area of County Antrim
A wall sign in Dervock showing support for the North Antrim and Londonderry brigade
UDA South Belfast Brigade memorial plaque in Sandy Row
John McMichael
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John McMichael was a Northern Irish loyalist who rose to become the most prominent and charismatic figure within the Ulster Defence Association as the Deputy Commander and leader of its South Belfast
Ulster Defence Association
…initially the political wing of the UDA, founded in 1978, which then evolved into the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party in 1981 under the leadership of John McMichael, a prominent UDA member killed by the IRA in 1987, amid suspicion that he was set up to be killed by some of his UDA colleagues. In 1987, the UDA's…
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