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News Archive
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Funding for Dance and Music Tuition in 2012 - Road Show dates announced
Information for community groups interested in applying to the Agency's Music and Dance Tuition Programme in 2012.. more »
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Northern Ireland Screen Board Appointments
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure is currently running a Public Appointments competition for the position of member to the Board of Northern Ireland Screen. more »
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Programme of Ulster-Scots lunch time talks and workshops begins
On Monday 1st August, 2011 the Ulster-Scots Agency's programme of lunch time talks and workshops begins with a talk by Dr. Clifford Smyth on Titanic Tartan. more »
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A NEW ERA AT MONREAGH ULSTER SCOTS HERITAGE CENTRE
Things are gearing up for an exciting and busy year at Monreagh Ulster Scots / Scots Irish Heritage Centre! The Centre has been manned by selfless and hard-working volunteers since its opening in May 2009. From 1 July 2011 the centre will be receiving Core Funding from the Ulster-Scots Agency for 12 months. With this funding in place, the Centre has now recruited a new manager, historical consultant and administrator. more »
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Titanic Summer School
The Ulster-Scot Agency in association with National Museums NI will be running a week long drama Summer School in the folk and Transport Museum at Cultra. more »
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New Chief Executive appointed for Agency
The Ulster-Scots Agency is has a new Chief Executive - Ian Crozier, who will take up his position at the Agency on Tuesday 5th July, 2011. more »
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Third Edition of ‘Oot an Aboot’ magazine available now
The Ulster-Scots Agency has published the next edition of the magazine ‘Oot an Aboot’. This is the third magazine to be published, and as with the first and second editions, members of the Ulster-Scots community played a major role in contributing the majority of the content for the magazine. more »
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FUSE FM returning to Ballymoney on 20th June, 2011
The popular part time local Ulster Scots radio station, fUSe FM will be back on air from 8.00am on Monday 20th June 2011. Broadcasting from the purpose built fUSe FM studio at the Ullans Centre in Victoria Street, this will be the ninth time fUSe will have gone on air in the Toon. more »
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Successful Bank Holiday Weekend of Ulster-Scots Showcasing
Over the Bank Holiday weekend of Saturday 28, Sunday 29 and Monday 30 May, there was a huge level of Ulster-Scots showcasing and marketing activity at a range of events and locations throughout the Province. more »
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Watch behind the scenes of 'Scahldies Up The Chimley' by Dan Gordon
Twenty-nine Primary Schools across Northern Ireland have taken part in the Pat & Plain drama project over the last three years. The response to all five of Dan Gordon’s plays has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic - in year 1, six schools presented The Boat Factory, then in year 2 twelve schools presented Kissing the Shuttle and A Lemonade Bottle for Clabberin’ Hitler. This year – the third year the Lyric Theatre and Ulster-Scots Agency have worked in partnership on the project, Dan turned his attention to school and country life in his fourth and fifth scripts: Sit There For The Present and Scahldies Up The Chimley, with a further 11 schools presenting drama productions. more »