Ulster Volunteer Force

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The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.[1]

The modern UVF was founded in 1966. It adopted the name of the original UVF formed in 1912 to oppose Home Rule for Ireland.[2]

Notes

  1. Abstracts of Organisations - 'U', CAIN Web Service, University of Ulster, accessed 25 November 2009.
  2. Abstracts of Organisations - 'U', CAIN Web Service, University of Ulster, accessed 25 November 2009.