For Protestants in Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, the revolutionary period in Ireland would pose challenges. This chapter will analyse the significance of the 1920 local elections and the 1921 Southern Ireland general election, particularly the impact of the use of STV. It will look at how, during these elections, these border county Unionists had an identity crisis through partition. The chapter will then explore how Unionist institutions were slowly re-designed to become Protestant Associations and how local UVF regiments were reformed to protect Protestant communities from Irish rebels and local bandits during the Anglo-Irish War. This section will look at the effectiveness of these loyalist units in these counties, comparing the border county loyalist militant groups with German loyalists in Poland during the same period, and determining the number of border county Protestants who opted to enlist in British security forces rather than establish a local loyalist militia. This will be compared with other Southern Irish Protestant experiences, particularly the existence of other Southern loyalist militias. The chapter concludes with the 1923 general election, looking at how the election was used as a turning point for the Protestant Associations—from being defensive bodies to becoming political bodies.