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 signers were Ulster loyalists, who were against the establishment of an Irish parliament in Dublin. The Ulster Covenant is immortalised in Rudgayd Kipling`s poem Ulster 1912. Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh) is one of the four provinces on the island of Ireland. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... For the township in Canada, see Loyalist, Ontario In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ...

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Ulster Unionist Council approving the Ulster Covenant

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Belfast on Ulster Day, 28 September 1912

The Covenant had two basic parts: the Covenant itself, which was signed by men, and the Declaration, which was signed by women.

The Covenant (for men)

BEING CONVINCED in our consciences that Home Rule would be disastrous to the material well-being of Ulster as well as of the whole of Ireland, subversive of our civil and religious freedom, destructive of our citizenship, and perilous to the unity of the Empire, we, whose names are underwritten, men of Ulster, loyal subjects of His Gracious Majesty King George V, humbly relying on the God whom our fathers in days of stress and trial confidently trusted, do hereby pledge ourselves in solemn Covenant, throughout this our time of threatened calamity, to stand by one another in defending, for ourselves and our children, our cherished position of equal citizenship in the United Kingdom, and in using all means which may be found necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule Parliament in Ireland. And in the event of such a Parliament being forced upon us, we further solemnly and mutually pledge ourselves to refuse to recognize its authority. In sure confidence that God will defend the right, we hereto subscribe our names. Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh) is one of the four provinces on the island of Ireland. ... Statue of Liberty - Liberty is one meaning of freedom. For proper-noun uses of Freedom, see Freedom (disambiguation). ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... The term God is used to designate a Supreme Being; however, there are other definitions of God. ... Covenant, in its most general sense, is a word for a solemn contract or similar undertaking. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... Terrorism is a controversial and subjective term with multiple definitions. ... Conspiracy, in common usage, is the act of working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. ... Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... In politics, authority generally refers to the ability to make laws, independent of the power to enforce them, or the ability to permit something. ... The term God is used to designate a Supreme Being; however, there are other definitions of God. ...

And further, we individually declare that we have not already signed this Covenant. Covenant, in its most general sense, is a word for a solemn contract or similar undertaking. ...

Ulster covenant

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The Declaration (for women)

We, whose names are underwritten, women of Ulster, and loyal subjects of our gracious King, being firmly persuaded that Home Rule would be disastrous to our Country, desire to associate ourselves with the men of Ulster in their uncompromising opposition to the Home Rule Bill now before Parliament, whereby it is proposed to drive Ulster out of her cherished place in the constitution of the United Kingdom, and to place her under the domination and control of a Parliament in Ireland. Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh) is one of the four provinces on the island of Ireland. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ... His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... A country, a land, or a state, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ... Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh) is one of the four provinces on the island of Ireland. ... There were three Home Rule bills introduced in the British Parliament, intended to give Ireland more autonomy; all three were sponsored by William Gladstone of the Liberal Party. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh) is one of the four provinces on the island of Ireland. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ...

Praying that from this calamity God will save Ireland, we hereto subscribe our names. The term God is used to designate a Supreme Being; however, there are other definitions of God. ...

Womens declaration

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External Links

See the Ulster Covenant pages at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...

• Ulster Covenant - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• History of the 1912 UVF
• CAIN - University of Ulster Conflict Archive
• The Ulster Covenant – revisited by Harry Smith