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The [[Ulster Defence Association]] is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 as an umbrella organisation for a number of existing loyalist groups. It remained legal until 1991.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/troubles/fact_files.shtml?ff=p08 Ulster Defence Association], Northern Ireland: The Troubles - Fact Files, BBC, accessed 21 November 2001.</ref> | The [[Ulster Defence Association]] is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 as an umbrella organisation for a number of existing loyalist groups. It remained legal until 1991.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/troubles/fact_files.shtml?ff=p08 Ulster Defence Association], Northern Ireland: The Troubles - Fact Files, BBC, accessed 21 November 2001.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==People== | ||
| + | ===Chairman=== | ||
| + | *[[Charles Harding Smith]]<ref>Robert Fisk, The Point of No Return, The Strike which broke the British in Ulster, André Deutsch, 1975, p.355.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Jim Anderson]] | ||
| + | *[[Jim Anderson]] and [[Charles Harding Smith]]<ref>Martin Dillon, ''The Trigger Men'', Mainstream Publishing, 2003, p.183.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Andy Tyrie]] - 1973-1988.<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliot, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.270.<ref> | ||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
Revision as of 22:46, 16 June 2012
The Ulster Defence Association is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 as an umbrella organisation for a number of existing loyalist groups. It remained legal until 1991.[1]
Contents
People
Chairman
- Charles Harding Smith[2]
- Jim Anderson
- Jim Anderson and Charles Harding Smith[3]
- Andy Tyrie - 1973-1988.<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliot, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.270.<ref>
External Resources
- Pat Finucane Centre, The Security Forces and the UDA
- Owen Boycott, MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal, The Guardian, 11 October 2010.
Notes
- ↑ Ulster Defence Association, Northern Ireland: The Troubles - Fact Files, BBC, accessed 21 November 2001.
- ↑ Robert Fisk, The Point of No Return, The Strike which broke the British in Ulster, André Deutsch, 1975, p.355.
- ↑ Martin Dillon, The Trigger Men, Mainstream Publishing, 2003, p.183.
