Ulster Independence Movement | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Hugh Ross |
| Founded | 17 November 1988 |
| Dissolved | January 2000 (as a political party) |
| Preceded by | Ulster Clubs |
| Succeeded by | Ulster Third Way |
| Ideology | Ulster nationalism |
The Ulster Independence Movement was an Ulster nationalist political party founded (as the Ulster Independence Committee) on 17 November 1988.[1] The group emerged from the Ulster Clubs, after a series of 15 public meetings across Northern Ireland. Led by Hugh Ross, a Presbyterian minister from Dungannon, County Tyrone, the UIC sought to end what it saw as the tyranny of rule from London (and potentially Dublin) and instead set up an independent Northern Ireland.