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The remarkable history of Saint Patrick's Day casts a long shadow over Ulster
‘LONDON, March 17 [what would be 1739 in the modern calendar]. This being St. Patrick's Day, the Tutelar Saint of Ireland, ...
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Who were the Weaver Poets?
Ulster-Scots is a version of the Scots language that the weaver poets’ ancestors brought with them from Scotland during the Plantation of Ulster. Sometimes called the Rhyming Weavers many of ...
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Plantation settlers and fleeing Covenanters put down permanent ... by the Irish of the native population and by the speech of English settlers. The Ulster-Scots poets also used typically Scots verse ...
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Inside JD Vance's British heritage as US Vice President calls UK 'some random country'
The US vice-president described himself as a "Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart" in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. This term refers to people who left Scotland and settled on the Plantation of Ulster ...
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Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO
The head of the Ulster-Scots Agency has said that the lack of requirement for the new commissioner to speak the language ‘reflects the reality’ of where it’s currently at. Ian Crozier ...
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New Ulster Scots commissioner not required to speak the language - despite advert appearing in ‘Hamely Tongue’
The new Stormont commissioner for Ulster Scots will not be required to speak the language – unlike their counterpart for Irish. Despite the advert for the £79,000-£89,000 role appearing in ...