JUST three hundred years ago a highly important piece of work was being carried through in certain parts of Ulster by a ...

It’ll be a big plus for us going forward.” Ulster have also been boosted in the front row by the return of Ireland hooker Tom Stewart and loosehead prop Andrew Warwick. “It’s brilliant.

in the years following the Plantation of 1609, when Ulster, the most Gaelic province of Ireland, began to be colonized by settlers (“planters”) from northern England and southern Scotland.

people from England and Scotland would be encouraged to move to the northern part of Ireland to make it friendlier towards James. This was known as the Plantation of Ulster and the English ...

The Ulster Plantation of 1609 ... More recent divisions in Northern Ireland date to the 1921 treaty that ended the Irish war of independence and granted Ireland status as a “free state ...

Rather, Ulster fell victim to the chronic problem of oversupply in the post-war global economy. In 1922 few people wanted what Northern Ireland was selling. Prices for linen fell to 35% of their ...

the Northern Ireland state began to take shape. A Belfast parliament was opened in 1921 amidst scenes of terrible sectarian violence – the streets and roads of Ulster witnessed brutal killings ...

Bringing together Northern Ireland’s top talent in screen production, animation, games, photography and creative design, the Ulster Screen Academy is the driving force behind Northern Ireland’s ...

With just four wins in the URC, the northern province are now ... and Michael Lowry (concussion). However, Ulster should have some, if not all, of their Ireland contingent, with Jacob Stockdale ...

It’ll be a big plus for us going forward.” Ulster have also been boosted in the front row by the return of Ireland hooker Tom Stewart and loosehead prop Andrew Warwick. “It’s brilliant.