Unionist Anti-Partition League

Unionist Anti-Partition League
LeaderWilliam St John Brodrick, Earl of Midleton
Founded1919 (1919)
Dissolved1922 (1922)
Preceded byIrish Unionist Alliance
IdeologyConservatism
Irish unionism
United Ireland
Political positionRight-wing

The Unionist Anti-Partition League (UAPL) was a unionist political organisation in Ireland which campaigned for a united Ireland within the United Kingdom.[1] Led by St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, it split from the Irish Unionist Alliance on 24 January 1919 over disagreements regarding the partition of Ireland.[2]

  1. ^ Jackson, Alvin (2012). The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707–2007. Oxford University Press. pp. 314–317.
  2. ^ Bowen, Kurt Derek (1983). Protestants in a Catholic State. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7735-0412-7.