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[Jackie]

Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant was part of a response by Ulster Unionists to the efforts of successive Westminster governments to settle the running sore of the 'Irish Question' by giving Ireland a limited measure of local self-government known as 'Home Rule'. The first two Home Rule Bills, in 1886 and 1893, had been rejected by Parliament, following strenuous pressure from Unionists in Great Britain and Ireland.

Co Armagh Grand Lodge has produced a video on all of the above events, which can be viewed at

http://www.armaghora.../1912 Video.wmv