Articles categorised as Ulster

Ulster dialect

The province of Ulster, which largely constitutes Northern Ireland today, has received input of Germanic speech on two or three occasions: firstly through the Norsemen between the 9th and 12th...

Ulster Scots set up speakers group

Scots speakers in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland have set up a group for people interested in speaking Scots. Charlie Reynolds from the group is reported to have said, "Some yins taak aboot it...

Resource for Ulster Scots students

Ullans-L is a free online resource with information about Ulster-Scots. Run by Ian James Parsley it contains information about Ulster-Scots, for instance in a question and answer section there are...

Ulster Scots post highlights funding imbalance

Scots Language Centre Director, Michael Hance, has said that an advert for a new post at the Ulster Scots Agency demonstrates how large the gap is in funding for language support in the two...

Burns events in Ulster

Queen's University of Belfast is supporting a new website which will raise awareness of Ulster-Scots culture. Their opening page is all about Burns anniversary celebrations and the ongoing links...

Call to Ulster Scots Youngsters

Yorkisland Arts and Heritage Association, in Northern Ireland, is calling for singers, instrumentalists, poets and story tellers under the age of 25 to perform through the medium of the Scots...

Ulster's Hamely Tongue

Cranny Cultural and Community Group is holding a night dedicated to the Scots dialect of Ulster entitled 'The Hamely Tongue of the Ulster-Scots'. Gary Blair will lead others in story telling,...

Northern Ireland Census and the Scots Language

The proposals for the Northern Ireland census – which will be tested on 11 October 2009 – have been published online. It is currently the intention of the Northern Irish census office to ask...

Irish language activist explores hidden Ulster Scots culture

An unusual and controversial perspective on the Ulster Scots language and culture is explored in a one hour documentary film, directed by an Irish language activist. Deaglán Ó Mocháin’s film, The...

Scots comedy readings on Radio Ulster

For six weeks in July and August BBC Radio Ulster will be broadcasting a series of dramatised readings in the Ulster Scots dialect which were first performed in the nineteenth century as humorous...

Ulster Scots Christmas story

Radio Ulster have broadcast a series of dramatised readings by WG Lyttle. In the Ulster Scots dialect, they were first performed in the nineteenth century as humorous monologues. The stories...

Christmas songs in Ulster Scots

Northern Ireland news organisation the 'News Letter' has announced details of a new book of Ulster-Scots Christmas music. Traditional Christmas carols have been translated into Scots by Anne...

Chair and Members Sought for Ulster Scots Academy MAG

The Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure is looking for people to fill the positions of Chair and Members to the Ulster Scots Academy — Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG). The...

No Ulster Scots Academy yet

Blogger, Scots Anorak, reports in the Blether Region, on evidence given to the Culture Arts and Leisure Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly on plans to set up an Ulster Scots Academy. The...

Ulster

Given its proximity to south-west Scotland, Ulster is also home to versions of Scots songs which have travelled over with Scottish settlers as far back as the Plantations of Ulster from the 1600s...

Ulster Scots in the Northern Ireland Census

Although we'll have to wait a little longer for statistics from the 2011 Census on Scots in Scotland, there have already been relevant releases with regard to the language in Northern Ireland. As...