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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/1u.gifThis photograph of the Irish Volunteers was taken in Portaferry, Co. Down, 1914. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum. Set in the context of the wider world of 1912, this exhibition - The Ulster Crisis - explores the background and developments leading to the signing of the Covenant in 1912 through to the outbreak of the first World War. As well as focusing on unionist and nationalist politics of the time, the exhibition examines the changing role of women, cultural revival in Ireland, and campaigns to achieve workers’ rights.
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/2u.gifThis photograph of a Socialist demonstration in Belfast was taken around 1906. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum. Highlights of The Ulster Crisis exhibition include an original copy of the Scottish Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 (an inspiration for the 1912 Ulster Covenant), a ticket for a pro-Home Rule meeting at Celtic Park attended by Winston Churchill and John Redmond, as well as the only surviving poster of the Proclamation signalling the establishment of an Ulster Provisional Government should Home Rule become law. The exhibition will be supported by about 1,000 related images available to view on the Collections Online area of the museum’s website for the first time (www.nmni.com).
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/3u1.gifLambeg drummers, 1903. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/4u.gifEdward Carson departing Enniskillen for Belfast to launch the Ulster Day campaign. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/5u.gifPro-Home Rule postcard. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/6u.gifAnti-Home Rule postcard. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/7u.gifThe Union is Strength motto was a regular theme of unionist literature and platform speeches. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/8u.gifIrish Volunteers lapel badge. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/9u.gifThe UVF 4th Battalion, North Belfast Regiment, drills at Fortwilliam, Belfast. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/10u.gifTicket for pro-Home Rule meeting at Celtic Park, Belfast showing Winston Churchill (Liberal MP), William Pirrie (Harland & Wolff) and John Redmond (Irish Parliamentary Party). Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/11u.gifSouvenir copy of the Ulster Covenant, belonging to Major Fred Crawford, signed on Ulster Day, September 28th 1912, in his own blood. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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The Ulster Crisis
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/12u.gifSir Edward Carson signing the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant, September 28th 1912, Belfast City Hall. Photograph: © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
