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The Ulster Independence Party was an Ulster nationalist political party.The group was founded in October 1977 by the supporters of a document issued the previous year Towards an Independent Ulster. The group initially claimed the support of the paramilitary Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee but soon faded from view.One of the party’s leading members was John McKeague who in 1979 became a founder and deputy leader of the Ulster Independence Association.