Ulster
a province of Ireland, occupying the northern part of the island and consisting of the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan, and Tyrone. The total area is 8,613 square miles, and the population about 1,580,000. s. The largest Over half of the inhabitants are Presby- .). The principal opterians and Episcopalians . city is Belfast (q. v .). position against Irish Home Rule comes from the inhabitants of Ulster. See IRE- LAND.
ULTIMA THULE (Extremest Thule), a name given in ancient times by the inhabitants of southern Europe to the remote regions of the unknown North. The Greek nav navigator Pytheas (who p probably lived in the latter part of the 4th century B. C.) made a voyage along the coast of Britain and wrote an account of what he Greek navigator Pytheas (who probably islands and possibly the N. mainland calling the region Thule. The name became vague in its application, especially under the form Ultima Thule. Norway, Iceland, etc., bore the title in turn; and many strange superstitions were current regarding the region. others. The substance previous to the year 1828 was obtained only from lazulite