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James Pratt Craig (17 November 1941 – 15 October 1988) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th century, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), and a command member of its Inner Council.
James Pratt Craig (17 November 1941 – 15 October 1988) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th century, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), and a command member of its Inner Council.
Mar 2, 2020 · On November 1940, James Craig, Viscount Craigavon 1st died peacefully in his armchair. He was mourned deeply by the loyalist population of Northern Ireland, not at all by the nationalist people. Craigavon’s legacy was a deeply introverted and divided state which he believed belonged solely to those who belonged to the Protestant faith.
In exploring the relationship between Craig and the Orange Order, this article will examine the problems faced by Irish Unionism, the Orange Order and Craig himself in 1903, and cast the relationship as a continuum, with, at one extreme, an opportunistic Craig using the order to further his political career, and, at the other, the order using ...
Under the leadership of Edward Carson and James Craig, the UVF threatened civil war if a Home Rule dominated by Catholics was imposed on Ulster. In April 1914 the UVF smuggled around 20,000 German rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition into Northern Ireland.
Feb 24, 2021 · As a Down-born unionist, Sir James Craig, the first prime minister of Northern Ireland, had none of the doubts surrounding partition that the Dublin-born Carson had. Picture from The Bystander....
In September 1920, Unionist leader James Craig wrote to the British government demanding that a special constabulary be recruited from the ranks of the loyalist, paramilitary organization the UVF.
