Skip Navigation

News Archive

  • Volunteer Now Training Opportunities - Spring 2019

    Volunteer Now Training Opportunities - Spring 2019

    Join Volunteer Now for FREE Designated Officer training and Adult Safeguarding Champion training throughout April and May 2019 as part of their DCAL Safeguarding Children and Adults in the Arts and Culture Sector project. more »

  • New series The Band to air on BBC

    New series The Band to air on BBC

    The Band is a new series for BBC Two Northern Ireland that brings us into a remarkable world of colour, character and community. A community brought together by a shared love of music and performance. This is the world of marching bands – a strong part of the Ulster-Scots tradition – as we have never seen it before. more »

  • Discover Ulster-Scots Events - March 2019

    Discover Ulster-Scots Events - March 2019

    Check out the range of events taking place at the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre Belfast during March 2019. more »

  • Heart of Down Highland Dance Competition 2019

    Heart of Down Highland Dance Competition 2019

    Sign up for the Heart of Down Highland Dance Competition 2019. more »

  • Funding secured for Monaghan Peace Campus

    Funding secured for Monaghan Peace Campus

    The Agency recently supported Monaghan County Council to secure a grant of €9.5M from EU PEACE funds to build a major new facility in Monaghan town that will include a significant Ulster-Scots cultural space, the first of its type in Monaghan or Cavan.  more »

  • Bright Lights take Burns 2019 by Storm

    Bright Lights take Burns 2019 by Storm

    Belfast based Ulster-Scots Dance Group, Bright Lights took part in a range of Burns Night events to celebrate the 260th Birthday of Scotland\'s National Bard. more »

  • Erne College celebrates Burns

    Erne College celebrates Burns

    Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen celebrated the life and works of Robert Burns during a recent school assembly. more »

  • Raphoe Burns Night

    Raphoe Burns Night

    On Thursday 24th January 2019, the Ulster-Scots Agency organised a Burns Night Celebration at the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre in Raphoe. more »

  • Titanic celebration for Burns Night

    Titanic celebration for Burns Night

    Titanic Belfast was the setting for Burns by the Lagan, a spectacular musical celebration to celebrate the life and legacy of iconic Scottish poet, Robert Burns, hosted by the Agency. more »

  • Agency Celebrates Links with United States

    Agency Celebrates Links with United States

    The Ulster-Scots Agency recently held an event ‘Transatlantic Kinsfolk - A celebration of Ulster-Scots links with New England’ to launch three new videos that links place names in Ulster with place names in the USA and celebrate the development of a new multimedia learning resource entitled ‘Land of Promise’. more »