“I flew back last night from France. The purpose of my visit was to honour the men of the 36th [Ulster] Division, many of whom were members of the original and authentic UVF. Let no one imagine that there is any connection between the two bodies; between men who were ready to die for their country on the fields of France, and a sordid conspiracy of criminals prepared to take up arms against unprotected fellow citizens.”
—Terence O’Neill, as Northern Ireland Prime Minister, at Stormont, banning the UVF, 28/6/1966. Ken Bloomfield, Stormont in Crisis, Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 95.
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