The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Covenant" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulster Covenant">Ulster Covenant</a> is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.<sup about="#mwt101" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_28#cite_note-18" id="mwnw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwoA">[18]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt98" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCDk"><a class="external text" href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/18000-loyalists-expected-for-ulster-day-march-to-commemorate-uvf-formation-29603764.html" id="mwCDo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"18,000 loyalists expected for 'Ulster Day' march to commemorate UVF formation"</a>. <i id="mwCDs">Belfasttelegraph</i> <span id="mwCDw" typeof="mw:Entity">–</span> via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.</cite><span about="#mwt98" class="Z3988" id="mwCD0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Belfasttelegraph&amp;rft.atitle=18%2C000+loyalists+expected+for+%27Ulster+Day%27+march+to+commemorate+UVF+formation&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belfasttelegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fnorthern-ireland%2F18000-loyalists-expected-for-ulster-day-march-to-commemorate-uvf-formation-29603764.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+28"></span></span>