Terminology
Loyalism
Unionism
Image File history File links Ireland-up. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Unionism, in the context of Ireland, is a belief in the continuation of the Act of Union 1800 (as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920) so that Northern Ireland (created by the 1920 Act) remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...

Key documents
Belfast Agreement
Government of Ireland Act 1920
Solemn League and Covenant
Sunningdale Agreement
The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. ... An Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland, more usually the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 (this is its official short title; the formal citation is 10 & 11 Geo. ... The Ulster Covenant was signed by hundreds of thousands of men all over Ulster, Ireland, on and before September 28, 1912, in protest of a Home Rule bill introduced in that same year. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists. ...

Parties
Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
United Ulster Unionist Coalition
Popular Unionist Party
Protestant Unionist Party
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Ulster Democratic Party
Progressive Unionist Party
DUP redirects here. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... The United Ulster Unionist Council (also known as the United Ulster Unionist Coalition) was a body that sought to bring together the Unionists opposed to the Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland. ... The Ulster Popular Unionist Party was a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. ... The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP) were a political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. ... The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, also known as the Vanguard Ulster Progressive Party (and several variations of word order), was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978. ... The Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) were a small unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) are a small political party from Northern Ireland. ...

Paramilitaries
Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Defence Association
Real Ulster Freedom Fighters
Loyalist Volunteer Force
Orange Volunteers
Red Hand Commandos
Red Branch Knights
Ulster Young Militants
Combined Loyalist Military Command
ULCCC
The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) are a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) is a loyalist terrorist group in Northern Ireland which broke away from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and was led by the late Billy Wright. ... The Orange Volunteers (OV) are a break-away Loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. ... Wall mural in Ulster The Red Hand Commando are a Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary (terrorist) group with links to the Ulster Volunteer Force. ... The Red Branch Knights were a semi-mythical group of warriors in ancient Ireland, associated with the legendary hero Cuchulainn -champion of hte province of Uladh (modern Ulster). ... UYM mural painted on Ulsters Freedom Corner, Newtownards Road, Belfast. ... The Combined Loyalist Military Command was an umbrella body for Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland set up in the early 1990s. ...

Other Organisations
Peep O'Day Boys
Ulster Resistance
The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Ulster Resistance was a paramilitary movement established by unionist politicians in Northern Ireland on 10 November 1986 in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. ...

Cultural
"The Twelfth"
Apprentice Boys of Derry
Orange Institution
Royal Black Preceptory
The Twelfth is an annual Protestant celebration on July 12, originating in Ireland. ... The Apprentice Boys Of Derry are a Protestant fraternal society with a worldwide membership, founded in 1814. ... Orangemen in traditional dress preparing to march The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the Commonwealth and in the United States. ... The Royal Black Institution, also known as the Royal Black Preceptory, or The Imperial Grand Black Chapter Of The British Commonwealth is a Protestant fraternal society. ...

Songs
Billy Boys
Derry's Walls
God Save the Queen
Rule Britannia
The Sash
The Billy Boys is a loyalist song from Glasgow, sung to the tune of Marching Through Georgia. ... Derrys Walls is a loyalist song sung in Scotland and Ireland. ... Publication of an early version in The Gentlemans Magazine, 15 October 1745. ... “Rule Britannia” is a patriotic British national song, originating from the poem Rule Britannia by James Thomson, and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. ... The Sash is an Irish Protestant ballad commemorating the Protestant victory in the Williamite war in Ireland in 1690-91. ...

Symbols and Flags
Coat of arms of Northern Ireland
Orange order flag
Red Hand of Ulster
Ulster Banner
Union Flag
The Coat of Arms of Northern Ireland The Coat of Arms of Northern Ireland was granted to the Government of Northern Ireland in 1924, after the Irish Free State had separated from the United Kingdom. ... Orangemen in traditional dress preparing to march The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the Commonwealth and in the United States. ... Red Hand redirects here. ... Contrary to popular belief, the 1972 suspension of the Northern Irish provincial government did not suspend the existence of the provincial flag, shown on this page below, or the provincial arms. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag (also known as the Union Jack) is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...

Other movements & links
Monarchy in the Irish Free State
Irish Nationalism
Irish republicanism
Irish Unionism
King George V, the first monarch to reign in the Irish Free State. ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ... Irish Republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ... In the Irish context, Unionists form a group of largely (though not exclusively) Protestant people in Ireland, of all social classes, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which the Northern Ireland provincial state created in...