Eugene Martin murder: Family appeal for witnesses to contact them
Eugene Martin (30), from Ballyronan, Co Derry, was gunned down by a UVF murder squad as he worked at his taxidermy workshop ...
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UVF told victory would be theirs in Ulster
Mr J Seers, UVF drill inspector for county Fermanagh ... whole energy into the drilling and victory would be theirs in Ulster in the long run. The Century Ireland project is an online historical ...
Paramilitaries in the Troubles
At the outset there are two popular misconceptions about the paramilitaries that should be challenged. First, that all were ...
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Ulster Unionism and the Somme
Certainly the Ulster Volunteer Force which had spearheaded ... By the summer of 1914, the UVF was carrying thousands of rifles, smuggled in from Germany in recent weeks, this act of sedition ...
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Glenanne Gang tried to kill campaigning Catholic priest Fr Denis Faul
The Glenanne Gang, which included members of the RUC, UDR and UVF, was involved in a sectarian killing spree across Mid Ulster and beyond when plans to target the cleric, who died in 2006 ...
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UVF gun-running plaque criticised over wording
A row has broken out over the wording of a plaque to commemorate a gun-running operation by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Councillors agreed to install the plaque at Donaghadee Harbour ...
Victim’s daughter ‘sick’ over Glenanne Gang memorial
The daughter of a man murdered by the Glenanne Gang has told of feeling sick after learning that dozens of loyalist bands are ...
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‘Winkie’ Irvine under pressure as UVF fear Skorpion submachine guns handed over to cops
The UVF is investigating the ‘disappearance’ of two Skorpion machine pistols, sources have claimed. An internal investigation ...
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Opposition to Home Rule
Over 400,000 men and women signed it. Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), with German rifles smuggled into Ireland in 1914 The most dangerous development at this time was the formation of ...
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UVF gunrunner Winkie Irvine spoke at UN peace seminar
UVF chief Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine was invited to speak at a United Nations peace seminar during the Republic’s membership of the organisation’s security ...
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Three men have 1981 murder conviction upheld
The convictions of three men, who were jailed for a Troubles murder that they have always denied, have been upheld. George Kirkpatrick and brothers Eric and Cyril Cullen served 14 years in prison for ...
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Paramilitaries in the Troubles
The oldest loyalist paramilitary organisation is the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). It takes its name from northern Protestants who, on the eve of the First World War, had volunteered to fight to ...