Recruitment in Ulster not matched by other provinces

Belfast, 20 January 1915 -  A meeting of the Ulster Women’s Unionist Association has been told by its president, the Marchioness of Londonderry that Ulster, at a moment of national peril and despite being treated treacherously by the government, had put her special interest to one side in order to serve the Empire.

This ‘unshakeable loyalty’ was unique in Ireland and invited comparison with other regions: ‘The question Unionists want to know is, ‘Have the other provinces done the same?’ Have they got a Connaught Division, a Munster Division and a Leinster Division?'

Dr Senia Paseta, University of Oxford, discusses the ways in which Cumann na mBan were influenced by the Ulster Women's Unionist Council.

Lady Londonderry concluded by saying that once the war was over, their fight against Home Rule would restart in precisely the same manner as before.

[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]