Ian Richard Kyle Paisley Biography

Birth of Ian Richard Kyle Paisley

Founds the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster

Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast

Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast

Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast

Imprisoned for a breach of the peace at a Church assembly

Gaoled for organising an illegal counter-demonstration against a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Armagh

Gaoled for organising an illegal counter-demonstration against a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Armagh

Elected member of Parliament for the North Antrim constituency, which he has retained since then and is now the longest serving Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland

Elected member of Parliament for the North Antrim constituency, which he has retained since then and is now the longest serving Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland

Paisley oopposes the controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic on a legal but not constitutional levelcontroversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic

Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes

Opposes the Sunningdale Agreement, which sought to rework relationships between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, providing for a power-sharing executive (government) involving both communities in Northern Ireland

Paisley opposes the controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic on a legal but not constitutional level, controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes. Paisley opposes the 1972 suspension by the British Government of Edward Heath of the Northern Ireland Parliament and Government.

Paisley is subdued and thrown out of the Stormont Assembly by members of the RUC

Leads a deputation of the Ulster Workers Council to wishing to destroy the agreement

Paisley establishes another paramilitary group, 3rd Force

Establishe the paramilitary group Ulster Resistance

In the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections, the DUP overtake the UUP to become the largest party in Northern Ireland, achieving thirty seats to the UUPs twenty-seven

In the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections, the DUP overtake the UUP to become the largest party in Northern Ireland, achieving thirty seats to the UUPs twenty-seven

In the 2005 UK general election the DUP win almost twice the UUP vote share and take nine seats to the UUPs one (successfully unseating then UUP leader David Trimble) and becoming the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons

In the 2005 UK general election the DUP win almost twice the UUP vote share and take nine seats to the UUPs one (successfully unseating then UUP leader David Trimble) and becoming the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons

Power sharing in Northern Ireland is back after an historic agreement between Rev Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams