Ulster resolves to remain part of the UK
Ulster resolves to remain part of the UK
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The swift formation of Northern Ireland was made possible by an English civil servant
Ernest Clark played a key role in NI’s launch in 1921 By Gordon Lucy Although the Government of Ireland Bill became law on December 23 1920, the terms of the Act were implemented in stages by a series of ‘appointed days’. On March 24 1921 the Privy Council decreed that May 3 was to be the date…
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Northern Ireland: A country that was not expected to survive but is still here after 100 years
King George opened the parliament of Northern Ireland on this day in 1921. Gordon Lucy recounts the history of NI since then
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Remembering Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister, who served until his death
Short biography of Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister.
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Wording of the Ulster Covenant & Declaration
Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant Being convinced in our consciences that Home Rule would be disastrous to the material well-being of Ulster as well as 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…
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The Events of Ulster Day, 28 September 1912
On Saturday 28 September 1912 the industrial heart of Belfast city was still. The great shipyards were silent; the looms were idle in the linen mills; the rope works and the foundries were deserted. At eleven o’clock, Religious services to invoke divine aid and to encourage signatures were held throughout in Protestant churches across the…
