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Ulmus glaucescens Ulmus glaucescens Franchet is a small deciduous tree from the northern provinces of China, where it is found along river valleys and on mountain slopes at elevations of between 2000 m and 2600 m. Although typically no more than 10 m in height, it can sometimes reach 18 m.
Ulmus harbinensis Ulmus harbinensis Nie & Huang is a small elm found only in the province of Heilongjang in the northeastern extremity of China, where it occurs in mixed forest. It reaches a maximum height of 15 m, with a slender trunk of 0.
Ulmus chenmoui Ulmus chenmoui Cheng is a small deciduous tree from the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu in eastern China, where it is found at elevations below 200 m. Growing to a maximum height of 20 m, its slender trunk rarely exceeds 0.
Ulmus chumlia Ulmus chumlia Melville & Heybroek is a small deciduous tree endemic to the Himalaya from the Kashmir to central Nepal, and the provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan and Xijang (Tibet) in China. It is found in broadleaf forest on mountain slopes at elevations of between 1000 m and 3000 m.
Ulmus ismaelis Ulmus ismaelis Todzia & Panero is a small tree recently discovered in southern Mexico. Rarely growing to > 15 m in height, the tree has exfoliating orangish bark, and is endemic to riparian forest along the Mixteco River system in northeastern Oaxaca, where it grows among large boulders in the limestone canyons.
Ulmus lamellosa Ulmus lamellosa Wang & Chang is a small deciduous elm restricted to mountain ravines in four provinces to the west and south of Beijing. Rarely more than 10 m in height, it has upright branches forming a rounded crown supported by a slender trunk < 20 cm d.
Ulmus lanceifolia Ulmus lanceifolia Roxburgh, ex Wall. is a very large tree native to a wide area of southern Asia extending southeast and eastwards from Darjeeling in the Himalaya, through Bangladesh, southern China, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and on discontinuously into Indonesia, straddling the Equator in Sumatra and the Celebes.
Ulmus microcarpa Ulmus microcarpa Fu remains one of the most obscure and least-known of the Chinese elms. It is endemic only to the broadleaved forests of the south-eastern corner of Xijang Province (formerly Tibet) at altitudes of around 2800 m.
Ulmus prunifolia Ulmus prunifolia Cheng & Fu is a medium - size deciduous tree from the province of Hubei in central eastern China, where it is found at elevations of between 1000 m and 1500 m. Reaching 30 m in height, its bark is dark grey and distinctively smooth.
Ulmus pseudopropinqua Ulmus pseudopropinqua Wang & Li is a small deciduous tree found only in the northeasternmost province of Heilongjiang in China, where it grows to a height of 10 m. Its wing-less twigs bear small ovate to subovate leaves, < 5.
Ulmus szechuanica Ulmus szechuanica Fang, or Szechuan Elm is a small to medium deciduous Chinese tree found along the Yangtze river through the provinces of Sichuan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu. It can reach a height of 18 m, but is usually less than 10 m, with a spreading umbrella-like crown.
Ulnar canal The ulnar canal, also called Guyon's canal, is a potential space at the wrist between the pisiform bone and the hamate bone through which the ulnar artery and the ulnar nerve travel into the hand. Guyon's canal was named after French surgeon Jean Casimir FĂ©lix Guyon (1831-1920).
Ulnar collateral ligament (thumb) The ulnar collateral ligament (internal lateral ligament, ulnar carpal collateral ligament) is a rounded cord, attached above to the end of the styloid process of the ulna, and dividing below into two fasciculi, one of which is attached to the medial side of the triangular bone, the other to the pisiform and transverse carpal ligament.
Ulnar deviation Ulnar deviation, also known as ulnar drift, is a hand deformity in which the swelling of the metacarpophalangeal joints (the big knuckles at the base of the fingers) causes the fingers to become displaced, tending towards the little finger. Its name comes from the displacement toward the ulna (as opposed to radial deviation, in which fingers are displaced toward the radius).
Ulnar styloid process The styloid process of the ulna projects from the medial and back part of the bone; it descends a little lower than the head, and its rounded end affords attachment to the ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist-joint.
Uloborus plumipes Uloborus plumipes is an Old World cribellate spider in the family Uloboridae. Common names are Feather-legged lace weaver and Garden center spider, due to its frequent occurrence in garden centers around the world.
Ulpha Ulpha is a small village in Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Duddon flows through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale, before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness.
Ulpiana Ulpiana (modern day Lipljan) was an ancient Roman city in the Balkans and a capital of the historic region of Dardania in the Balkans. Founded in the 2nd century during the rule of Emperor Trajan, and renewed in the 6th century during the rule of Justinian, after whom it was called Iustinana Secunda.
Ulpius Marcellus (son) Ulpius Marcellus was thought of as being the name of the last-recorded governor of Roman Britain until the 1980s. He was believed to be the son of a previous holder of the office, also called Ulpius Marcellus.
Ulric Manfred II of Turin Ulric Manfred II or Olderico Manfredi II (or Manfredo Udalrico; 992 – 29 October 1034) was the Count of Turin and Margrave of Susa in the early eleventh century, one the most powerful Italian barons of his time.
Ulric Nisbet Hugh Ulric Swinscow Nisbet (May 19, 1897 - 1987) was a British writer and the author of Thoughts on the purpose of art (1934), Spread no wings (1937) and Old school tie: recollections of Marlborough before the First World War (1964). Under the pseudonym Hugh Callaway he published Bridge to world man (1960), Super-sense: a beginning (1967) and The new consciousness (alternative to chaos) (1971).
Ulric-Joseph Tessier Ulric-Joseph Tessier (May 3 1817 – April 7 1892) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure. He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing the Gulf division from 1867 to 1873 and served as mayor of Quebec City from 1853 to 1854.
Ulrich Bonnell Phillips Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (born November 4, 1877 in La Grange, Georgia; died January 21, 1934) was a historian, focusing on the American antebellum South and slavery. Phillips concentrated on the large plantations that dominated the Southern economy, neglecting the large number of smaller farms that employed a few slaves.
Ulrich Bubolz Ulrich Bubolz (born February 25, 1981) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Germany, who currently plays for the Berlin based club Berliner HC. The goalie made his international senior debut for the German team on June 6, 2002 in a friendly against Malaysia in Hamburg.
Ulrich Cartellieri Dr. Ulrich Cartellieri is a German businessman, currently a non-executive director of BAE Systems, a member of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Ulrich Drepper Ulrich Drepper is the lead contributor and maintainer of the GNU's C standard library project, Glibc. Much like OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt, he is known within the free software community for his confrontational style.
Ulrich Graf Ulrich Graf (July 3, 1878- March 1950) - was one of the very early members of the circle around Adolf Hitler. He was an amateur wrestler and a butcher's apprentice, and became Hitler's personal bodyguard from 1920 to 1923.
Ulrich Huber Ulrich Huber (1636-1694) - or Ulrik Huber or Ulricus Huber - was a professor of law at the University of Franeker and a political philosopher. He was born in Dokkum on March 13, 1636 and he had studied in Franeker, Utrecht and Heidelberg.
Ulrich Inderbinen Ulrich Inderbinen (December 3, 1900 – June 14, 2004) was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90.
Ulrich Libbrecht Ulrich Libbrecht is a Belgian philosopher working in the field of comparative philosophy. He has written four books in Dutch - called "Introduction to Comparative Philosophy" - which are presently being translated into English.
Ulrich Roski Ulrich Roski (born March 4 1944, died February 20 2003 in Berlin) was a German singer-songwriter who achieved his greatest successes in the 1970's. His songs describe the little quirks hidden in everyone's everyday life, mixing laconic humour with linguistic skill.
Ulrich van Gobbel Ulrich van Gobbel (born January 16, 1971 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a former Dutch football player who played as a defender for Feyenoord Rotterdam (where he had two spells), Galatasaray and Southampton. He made eight international appearances for the Dutch national football team.
Ulrich von Bek Graf Ulrich von Bek is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. He and his descendants are a somewhat unusual family in Moorcock's works, as they function both as an aspect of his Eternal Champion and as a companion to him.
Ulrich von Jungingen Ulrich von Jungingen (1360 – July 15 1410) was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, as successor to his elder brother Konrad von Jungingen. His policy of confrontation with the Kingdom of Poland led to absolute disaster for the Order, and its ultimate demise.
Ulrich von Türheim Ulrich von Türheim was a German writer from the Augsburg area writing during the first half of the 13th century. Three of his works have survived: a conclusion to the version of the Tristan legend left unfinished by Gottfried von Strassburg; Rennewart, a continuation of Willehalm, left unfinished by Wolfram von Eschenbach; and fragments of a version of Cligès based on that of Chrétien de Troyes.
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848-1931) was a German classical philologist known chiefly among non-classicists for his fierce attack on Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy. Wilamowitz, as he is known in scholarly circles, was a philologist specializing in Greek and a renowned authority on Homer.
Ulrich Wehling Ulrich Wehling (born July 8, 1952 in Halle) is a retired German skier who won the nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972, 1976, and 1980. He was the first man to win three Winter Olympic gold medals.
Ulrich Wild Ulrich Wild is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. He has produced albums for bands such as Pantera, Static-X, Bleeding Through, Breaking Benjamin, SOiL and for soundtracks such as Freddy vs Jason, Mission Impossible 2, and House Of Wax.
Ulrik Arneberg Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (1829-1911) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1889-1890, and Norwegian Minister of Justice 1890-1891.
Ulrik le Fevre Ulrik le Fevre (born June 25 1946) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player and manager, and current FIFA-licensed player agent. He played for Danish club Vejle Boldklub, German club Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Brugge in Belgium, and won the national championship with all three clubs.
Ulrika Knape Ulrika Knape (born April 26, 1955) is a Swedish diver, who is married to fellow Swedish diver Mathz Lindberg, and therefore also known as Ulrika Lindberg as well as Ulrika Knape-Lindberg. She's also the mother of another Swedish diver, Anna Lindberg.
Ulrike Holzner Ulrike Holzner (born 18 September 1968) is a German bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Holzner won a silver medal in the two-person bobsleigh event with teammate Sandra Prokoff.
Ulrike Maisch Ulrike Maisch (born January 21 1977 in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) is a long-distance runner from Germany, who won the women's marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. She also competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Ulrike Tauber Ulrike Tauber (born June 16, 1958 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There she also captured the silver medal in the women's 200m butterfly.
Ulriksdal Palace Ulriksdal Palace (), is a royal palace situated on the banks of Lake Edsviken in the National City Park in Solna, 6 km north of Stockholm. It was originally called Jakobsdal, after its owner Jacob De La Gardie who had it built by architect Hans Jacob Kristler in 1643-1645 as a country retreat.
Ulru-Ujurrians The Ulru-Ujurrians are a fictional race of ursine humanoids in Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth series described as bear-like and two to three times as tall and broad as a human, they are capable of either bipedal or quadrupedal locomotion. They are covered in a brown fur dotted with black and white spots.
Ulsan Sports Complex Ulsan Sports Complex is a football (soccer) stadium in Ulsan, South Korea. It is mainly is used for football (soccer); it was the home ground for the Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i team before they moved to Munsu Cup Stadium in 2001.
Ulstein og Hareid Dykkerklubb Ulstein og Hareid Dykkerklubb (UHDK) is a divers club both for scubadivers and freedivers located in Ulsteinvik, Norway. It was founded in 1973, shortly after a treasure of gold and silver was found at Runde the previous year.
Ulster and Delaware Railroad The Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company (U&D) was a small Class III railroad located in New York State, headquartered in Rondout and founded in 1866. It was often advertised as "The Only All-Rail Route To the Catskill Mountains.
Ulster Army Council The Ulster Army Council (or UAC) was set up in 1973 as an umbrella group by the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force to co-ordinate joint paramilitary operations during the Loyalist strike. Andy Tyrie was the head of the group - and was also the then commander of the Ulster Defence Association.
Ulster Bank Ulster Bank (Irish: Banc Uladh) is a large commercial bank, one of the Big Four in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Its main base is in Belfast in Northern Ireland and it maintains a large sector of the financial services in both parts of Ireland as well as having operations on the Isle of Man.
Ulster Canal The Ulster Canal is a canal running through part of County Armagh, County Tyrone and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. In the early 19th century the idea of linking the lowlands around Lough Neagh with the Erne Basin and the River Shannon system became popular with the more progressive landowners and merchants of Armagh, Monaghan and Fermanagh.
Ulster Constitution Party The Ulster Constitution Party was an Unionist political party in Northern Ireland active in the early 1970s, formed by two councillors on Belfast City Council. It failed to win any seats in elections and was later disbanded, with some party members joining the British National Front.
Ulster Covenant The Ulster Covenant was signed by just under half a million of men and women from Ulster, Ireland, on and before September 28, 1912, in protest of a Home Rule bill introduced by the British Government in that same year. Sir Edward Carson was the first person to sign the Covenant at the Belfast City Hall with a silver pen destined for immortality followed by Lord Londonderry, representatives of the Protestant Churches, and then by Lord Craigavon.
Ulster Cycle The Ulster Cycle, formerly the Red Branch Cycle, is a large body of prose and verse centering around the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster. This is one of the four major cycles of Irish Mythology, along with the Mythological Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Historical Cycle.
Ulster Defence Association The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland, outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the loyalist community from Irish republican terrorism. Its main objective has been to retain the British rule in Northern Ireland.
Ulster Defence Volunteers The Ulster Defence Volunteers (UDV) and later the Ulster Home Guard were a force recruited by the Government of Northern Ireland to perform the role of the British Home Guard in Northern Ireland during World War II. The UDV was recruited following the formation of the Home Guard in Britain around May 1940.
Ulster Democratic Party The Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) were a small loyalist political party in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1989 when the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party dropped the 'loyalist' out of their name, they managed to win a few council seats in their early years.
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum is situated in Cultra, Northern Ireland, about 6 miles east of the city of Belfast. It is comprised of two museums, the Folk Museum and the Transport Museum, and endeavours to illustrate the way of life and traditions of the people in Northern Ireland, past and present.
Ulster Grand Prix The Ulster Grand Prix is a motorcycle road race that takes place on the Dundrod circuit near Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first races took place in 1922 and in 1935 and 1948 the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme gave it the title Grand Prix d'Europe.
Ulster Chess Championship The Ulster Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament organised by the Ulster Chess Union which has been held since 1892. It is currently open to all players who qualify as Northern Irish, the UCU having recently disowned the 3 Ulster counties which are part of the Republic of Ireland after a split with the ICU.
Ulster Independence Movement The Ulster Independence Movement was an Ulster nationalist political party founded (as the Ulster Independence Committee) in 1988, having emerged from the Ulster Clubs, after a series of 15 public meetings across Northern Ireland. Led by Hugh Ross, a Presbyterian minister from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, the UIC sought to end what it saw as the tyranny of rule from London and Dublin and instead set up an independent Northern Ireland.
Ulster Irish Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Ulster. The only county in Ulster to include Gaeltacht regions today is Donegal, so that the term Donegal Irish is often used synonymously.
Ulster loyalism The term Ulster Loyalist is used to describe militant unionists from Northern Ireland. Unionists support continuing Northern Ireland's membership in the United Kingdom and oppose joining the Republic of Ireland in a united Ireland.
Ulster Liberal Party The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Northern Ireland, supporting a unionist position and linked to the British Liberal Party. It nominated candidates in the UK general election, 1929, and most elections in the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee The Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee (ULCCC) was set up in 1974 in the aftermath of the Ulster Workers Council Strike, in order to facilitate meetings and policy co-ordination between the Ulster Workers Council, the loyalist paramilitaries and the political representatives of loyalism.
Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party The Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party (ULDP) was a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. It was established in June 1981 by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) to replace their New Ulster Political Research Group.
Ulster Medical Society The Ulster Medical Society was formed in Belfast in 1862 through the amalgamation of two older societies, the Belfast Medical Society which was founded in 1806, and the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society which was founded in 1853. The UMS publishes a quarterly journal, Ulster Medical Journal, available free on the Society's www site associations]
Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum is located in the Botanical Gardens in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of Fine and Applied Art, Archaeology, Ethnography, Treasures from the Spanish Armada, Local History, Numismatics, Industrial Archaeology, Botany, Zoology and Geology. The Museum was founded, as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in 1833, it has included an art gallery since 1890.
Ulster nationalism Ulster nationalism seeks the independence of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom without becoming part of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland is colloquially known as Ulster by some loyalists, though the term also includes three counties from the Republic.
Ulster Orchestra The Ulster Orchestra is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and one of the major orchestras in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1966, it has existed in its present form since 1981, when the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra was disbanded; this subsequently led to an increase in the orchestra's numbers.
Ulster Political Research Group The Ulster Political Research Group are an advisory body connected to the Ulster Defence Association, providing advice to them on political matters. The group is largely a successor to the Ulster Democratic Party, which dissolved in 2001, and was permanently founded in January 2002.
Ulster Project The Ulster Project was started in 1975 by Rev. Kerry Waterstone in order to provide a safe place in America for Northern Irish teenagers to discuss the climate of "The Troubles" that was facing them at home.
Ulster Protestant Volunteers The Ulster Protestant Volunteers were a loyalist paramilitary group established in Ulster in the late 1960s, to prevent Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill from introducing reforms in the governance of Northern IrelandAbstracts on Organisations.
Ulster Rugby The Irish Rugby Football Union Ulster Branch (also known as Ulster Rugby) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Ulster, six counties of which are in Northern Ireland and three in the Republic of Ireland. The branch is also responsible for the Ulster team, which plays in national and international competitions.
Ulster Scots language Ulster Scots, also known as Ullans, Hiberno-Scots, or Scotch-Irish, refers to the variety of Scots (sometimes referred to as Lowland Scots) spoken in parts of the province of Ulster, which spans the six counties of Northern Ireland and three of the Republic of Ireland.
Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Ulster Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council and are played during the summer months.
Ulster Senior Hurling Championship The Ulster Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Ulster Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.
Ulster Senior Schoolgirls Cup The Ulster Senior Schoolgirls Hockey Cup is an annual competition competed for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Women's Hockey Union. The competition has been in existence continually since 1907 and is currently sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph.
Ulster Shield The Ulster Shield is the premier knockout competition for ladies hockey teams in the Ulster province of Ireland. It is one of the oldest Ladies hockey cups in the world, with the first competition being held in 1896.
Ulster Schools Cup The Ulster Schools Challenge Cup is an annual competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Schools Cup has the distinction of being the world's second oldest rugby competition having been competed for every year since 1876.
Ulster Society The Ulster Society is a charity and a cultural organisation in Northern Ireland with the stated aim "To preserve the heritage and culture of Ulster and the Ulster-British people."from the Ulster Society website http://www.
Ulster Third Way The Ulster Third Way is the Northern Ireland branch of the Third Way and is organised by David Kerr, who had previously campaigned as an 'independent Unionist' (chairing the small North Belfast Independent Unionist Association) as well as for the British National Front. As well as sharing the Third way's aims U3W (as it is sometimes shortened to) is committed to securing independence for Northern Ireland from both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Ulster Tower Thiepval The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division. The memorial was officially opened on November 19, 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Estate, near Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland.
Ulster Transport Museum The Ulster Transport Museum was a museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland which house an impressive railway collection. In the 1990s, it was closed, and its exhibits were transferred to the nearby Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Cultra, Co Down
Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. The party has now got one Westminster MP, Sylvia Hermon.
Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1969 The 1969 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election was the first election in the Party's 64 year history. In 1963 Terence O'Neill succeeded Lord Brookeborough as Party Leader and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland by emerging rather than by winning a ballot, despite having strong competition from both Brian Faulkner and Jack Andrews.
Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2000 The 2000 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election was triggered by the decision of Martin Smyth to challenge incumbent David Trimble over the party's direction in the implementation of the Belfast Agreement at the party's annual general meeting on March 25 2000. The UUP has held a leadership election every March since at least the Ulster Unionist Council constitution was altered in 1973, however it is rarely contested.
Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2004 The 2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election was triggered by the decision of a group of UUP members to challenge incumbent leader David Trimble over the party's direction following the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections at the party's annual general meeting on March 27 2004. The UUP has held a leadership election every March since at least the Ulster Unionist Council constitution was altered in 1973, however it is rarely contested.
Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2005 The 2005 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election began on May 7 2005 when David Trimble resigned as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party following his party's poor performance in the 2005 general election when it lost all but one of its seats, including Trimble's own. Following his resignation, the UUP's Executive Committee charged Sir Reg Empey, Lady Hermon and Lord Rogan with the interim leaderhsip of the Party.
Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, March 1995 The March 1995 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election occurred at the Annual Ganeral Meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council on March 18th 1995. The UUP has had a leadership election every March since at least 1973, and this is one of the few occasions when it has been contested.
Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, September 1995 The September 1995 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election began on August 28 1995 when James Molyneaux resigned as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party following a year of political setbacks for his party. Lee Renyolds, a Young Unionist had contested the leadership at the Ulster Unionist Council AGM in March 1995, receiving a small but significant number of votes.
Ulster Volunteer Force The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) are a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. The current incarnation was formed in May 1966 and named after the Ulster Volunteers of 1912, although there is no direct connection between the two.
Ulster Volunteer Force (1912) The Ulster Volunteer Force was a unionist militia founded in 1913 to block Home Rule for Ireland. A modern loyalist paramilitary group founded in 1966 shares the same name (UVF), and lays claims to a direct descendancy from the older organisation, but there were no organisational links between the two.
Ulster Workers Council The Ulster Workers Council was a Loyalist workers organisation set up in Northern Ireland in 1974 as a more formalised successor to the Loyalist Association of Workers. It was formed by shipyard union leader Harry Murray and initially failed to gain much attention.
Ulster Workers' Council Strike The Ulster Workers Council (UWC) Strike was a general strike which took place between Wednesday 15 May 1974 and Tuesday 28 May 1974 in Northern Ireland. The strike was called in protest at the proposals in the Sunningdale Agreement which would have meant unionists sharing power with nationalists, and a role for the government of the Republic of Ireland in the governance of Northern Ireland, and was enforced by loyalist paramilitaries.
Ulster Young Militants The Ulster Young Militants are considered to be the youth wing of the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. Commonly known as the Young Militants or UYM, the group formed in 1974 when the Troubles were at their height.
Ulster Young Unionist Council The Young Unionists, formally known as the Ulster Young Unionist Council, have been in existence since 2004 and are the youth wing of the Ulster Unionist Party. A body of the same name has existed and been affiliated to the Ulster Unionist Council since 1949, however disbandments happened in 1976 and again in 2004 following a period of mass exodus by members opposed to the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
Ulster-Scots Ulster-Scots is a term used to refer to people descended partially from Scots who live in Northern Ireland in a part of the ancient province of Ulster in Ireland. For the most part today, many people of Protestant background identify with this grouping, and the identification is also largely restricted to people in Northern Ireland and Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland.
Ulsterbus Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside of Belfast. It is part of Translink (the brand name for the subsidiary operating companies of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company - NITHCo), which also includes Northern Ireland Railways, Metro Belfast and Ulsterbus Foyle.

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