The postcard is on display at Bagenal's Castle in NewryIn 1912, the Third Home Rule Bill, to give self-government to Ireland, was passed by the House of Commons at Westminster but stalled by the House of Lords. In the Irish province of Ulster a massive campaign of resistance to Home Rule was mounted with support rallied by a series of demonstrations across the province culminating in the signing of the Ulster Covenant and the Women's Declaration, signed by almost half a million people. Support was rallied under the slogan Ulster Will Fight and postcards like this, as well as other objects such as rosettes, were used to send out a message of active resistance to home rule for Ireland. The Biblical theme and imagery of the card reflects the fact that the campaign was driven and supported mainly by Protestants.
Ulster Appeal postcard
Contributed by Bagenals Castle Newry
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