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2 unusual facts about UVF


UVF

The Ulster Volunteers started in 1912 and organised as the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1913

The Ulster Volunteer Force - a paramilitary organisation established in 1965-66, not linked to the 1913 UVF


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Dawson Bates

During this time, he was instrumental in the events of Ulster Day and in the formation of the UVF, organised the Larne gun-running and supported the formation of the Ulster Unionist Labour Association to counter socialism.

Dublin and Monaghan bombings

There are various credible allegations that elements of the British security forces colluded with the UVF in the bombings.

Lenny Murphy

After leaving the Belfast Boys' Model School at sixteen, he joined the UVF and was involved in the rioting that broke out in Belfast in August 1969.

Quinn brothers' killings

Jason, Richard and Mark Quinn were three brothers killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in a firebomb attack on their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 12 July 1998, towards the end of the three-decade period known as "The Troubles".

Robin Jackson

According to journalist and author Ed Moloney the UVF campaign in Mid Ulster "indisputably shattered Republican morale".

Santa Lucia Airport

Hewanorra International Airport (IATA: UVF, ICAO: TLPL), near Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia

Trevor King

His is the middle mural, flanked by those representing Brian Robinson and Sam Rockett, a UVF man killed by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in 2000 during a loyalist feud.


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