Alternative Ulster Covenant

The Alternative Ulster Covenant was a declaration launched at a public meeting in 1913 in reaction to the Ulster Covenant of 28 September 1912. The original Ulster Covenant, signed by just under half a million men and women from Ulster, protested against the Third Home Rule Bill, introduced by the British Government in that same year.[1] The essence of the Alternative Covenant was to dispute the anti-Home Rule assertions made by the Ulster Covenanters. The movement is notable because it was a largely Protestant organisation, at a time when the vast majority of Protestants were anti-Home Rule.

Leaflet for the meeting

See also

• Ulster Covenant
• Unionism in Ireland
• Protestantism in Ireland
• Partition of Ireland

References

1. PRONI. "The Ulster Covenant: Ulster Day". Retrieved 29 September 2012.

External links

• Overview of the Alternative Covenant
• Copy of Roger Casement's speech
• Launch of a pamphlet on the meeting