A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
- A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
A Protestant parliament for a Protestant people is a term that has been applied to the political institutions in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. The term has been documented as early as February 1939, when Bishop Daniel Mageean, in his Lenten pastoral, stated that prime minister, Lord Craigavon had adopted the words as his slogan. The implication was that Catholics had no status in their native land. [ The Times,"Dread Of Nocturnal Visits " In Ulster" 20 February 1939; pg 19; col C]
No evidence points to Craigavon's use of the phrase itself. Similar phrases he used were "That is my whole object in carrying on a Protestant Government for a Protestant people" [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/discrimination/quotes.htm Discrimination - Quotations] , CAIN] and "All I boast is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State". [Jonathan Bardon, "A History of Ulster" (Blackstaff, 2005), pp. 538-9, taken from "Parliamentary Debates" (Northern Ireland House of Commons), vol. 16, cols 1091, 1095] .
However, by 1967, the then prime minister, Terence O'Neill attributed the phrase itself to his predecessor but strongly argued that it was no longer representative of the present spirit of Ulster Unionism. [ The Times, "Ulster's Prime Minister replies to his critics"; 28 April 1967; pg 11 col E] Despite this, there was continued use of the term in the 70s and 80s, particularly in relation to the Stormont Parliament. [ "Paradox of political reform at Stormont (News)"; Hugh Munro; The Times 8 Nov 1971; pg 12 col F] ["Mr Whitelaw denies that Army's hands are tied in military action against Northern Ireland gunmen (News)"; The Times 12 October 1972; pg 6 col A] [ "Sectarianism in Ulster (Letters to the Editor)" BRIAN W. WALKER,, NORMAN GEAR, The Times 1 June 1973; pg 15 col E] [ "Unionists cry foul at Stormont football fixture (News)," "The Times", 4 August 1984; pg 1 col B]
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