Ulster Movement for Self-Determination
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The Ulster Movement for Self-Determination was a minor political movement in Northern Ireland that sought independence for Northern Ireland.
Formed in 1986, after emerging from the Ulster Clubs, the UMSD took as its emblem a map of the nine counties of Ulster and, in contrast to other strains of Ulster nationalism that have developed, felt that independence for Northern Ireland should be accompanied by repartition, creating the historic Ulster as an independent state by incorporating Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan.
The UMSD, which grew out of Loyalism but never had the backing of any paramilitary group (or indeed, even minor support), failed to gain any foothold in Northern Irish politics and was gone by 1994. The UMSD, which was seen by the few who knew of it as somewhat odd given its insistence on incorporating parts of the Republic of Ireland into an independent Ulster, could not hope to compete with the Ulster Independence Movement for the already small Ulster nationalist vote and so was largely absorbed by the UIM.
