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- In September 1912 Craig came up with the idea of the covenant to show the depth of hostility against Home Rule in Ulster. Carson was first to sign and made it clear that if violence became necessary he had no problem with it.
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Sir Edward Carson was the first person to sign the Covenant at Belfast City Hall with a silver pen, [2] followed by The 6th Marquess of Londonderry (the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), representatives of the Protestant churches, and then by Sir James Craig.
Sep 27, 2012 · Carson was an electrifying public speaker and galvanised support for the signing at huge rallies across the province. He was the first to sign the Covenant on 'Ulster Day', 28 September...
Sir Edward Carson (Leader of the Irish Unionist Party) and James Craig (the Unionist MP for East Down) appreciated the importance of maintaining order and discipline among their followers. A...
On Sunday 28 September 1912, "Ulster Day", he was the first signatory on the Ulster Covenant, which bound 447,197 signatories [23] to resist Home Rule with the threat that they would use "all means necessary" after Carson had established the Ulster Volunteers, the first loyalist paramilitary group.
Sep 29, 2012 · After signing the Covenant in Belfast, Sir Edward Carson sailed to Liverpool, bonfires at Carrickfergus and Whitehead and fireworks at Bangor signalling his departure.
- Belfasttelegraph.Co.Uk
It bore the inscription: 'With this pen I, Edward Carson, signed Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant, in the City Hall, Belfast, on Ulster Day, Saturday 28th September, 1912'. When...
The Solemn League and Covenant of resistance to Home Rule, signed by Carson and other leaders in Belfast on Sept. 28, 1912, and afterward by thousands of Ulstermen, was followed by his establishment of a provisional government in Belfast in September 1913.
