In the spring of 1966, members bombed an all-girls primary school in Ardoyne, where talks to better relations between Protestants and Catholics were to take place.
In May of that year the group murdered a 70-year-old, Matilda Gould, a Protestant whom UPV men mistook for a Catholic living next door.
Shortly after the failed attack in Ballyshannon, a message was issued by the groups:"We wish to state that an active service unit from Northern Ireland was dispatched to undertake this task.
In April 1970, the UPV called off a march through Derry city centre celebrating the victories of Ian Paisley and William Beattie in the Northern Ireland Parliament by-election.
[4] In July 1971 the South Londonderry Division of the UPV warned that the "Loyalist people of Northern Ireland would soon be left with no alternative but to take the law into their own hands.
[8] In November 1983, in the aftermath of the Darkley killings, the UPV claimed to have mobilised for undercover duty in border areas and other "danger zones" in Northern Ireland where Republican paramilitaries were active.
The UPV wanted to assemble an "Ulster Security Council" with "full powers to repel the rebellion" and also demanded the resignations of the RUC Chief Constable, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.