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News Archive
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The Ulster-Scot Newspaper - Out This Saturday
The November 2013 edition of The Ulster-Scot will be available on Saturday 30 November. more »
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Ulster-Scots Flagship Award Presented to Drumcorrin National School, Monaghan
The Ulster-Scots Agency presented the first school in the Republic of Ireland with its new Flagship Award. Drumcorrin National School was presented with its Flagship Award in recognition of the schools application of Ulster-Scots in their teaching. Drumcorrin National is only one of four schools throughout Ulster who will receive the Agency’s Flagship School award in 2013. more »
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New Ulster-Scots Children's Book by Diane Hoy
Maidie & Cal and Strangford Lough and other Ulster-Scots stories by Diane Hoy more »
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October Road Shows - 2014 Music and Dance Tuition Funding
On Tuesday 1st October 2013 the Ulster-Scots Agency will open the programme for Music and Dance Tuition Funding in 2014. A series of road shows have been organised to take place across the province to assist groups interested in making an application to this programme. more »
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'Kith and Kin' by Alister McReynolds
Kith and Kin: The Continuing Legacy of the Scotch-Irish in America. Few men enjoy a higher public profile at the moment than John Kerry, the current US Secretary of State and the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the presidential election of 2004. Kerry is of Ulster-Scots descent, being a descendant of the Revd James McGregor of Aghadowey who famously led his congregation in the ‘five ships’ exodus from Coleraine to Boston in 1718. more »
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The Ulster-Scot Newspaper - Out This Saturday
The September 2013 edition of The Ulster-Scot will be available on Saturday 14 September. more »
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Karen McCarthy Interview with Wisconsin Public Radio
In August Karen McCarthy, Author of 'The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals who Made America' attended Irish Fest in Milwaukee on behalf of the Ulster-Scots Agency to host a series of talks about her publication. more »
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Donegal Peace Proms
800 children from schools all over Co. Donegal will take part in Donegal Peace Proms which will be held in Letterkenny Institute of Technology at 2pm and 8pm on Saturday 26th October. more »
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Stunning Tattoo leaves its mark on Derry
Article published in the Belfast Telegraph today... more »
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Public Record Office Announces ‘Volunteering in Ireland, 1912-16' Lecture Series
Starting on 29 August 2013, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland will begin hosting a 5 part lecture series entitled Volunteering in Ireland, 1912-16. more »