2006 will be the 400th anniversary of one of the most important events in Ulster-Scots history - the Hamilton & Montgomery settlement of 1606.
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A very special event for Thiepval Memorial Pipe Band, Convoy, Co Donegal, fittingly marked the band's centenary.
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A highly original 'Little Ant & Dec' style interview from the P6 & P7 pupils of Balnamore Primary School, Ballymoney, has scooped the top prize in the Ulster-Scots Language Society's school's competition.
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John Craig with 'Little Dec' Michael McAfee (12) and 'Little Ant' Russell Blair (11) reciting Balnamore Primary School's winning entry in the Ulster-Scots Language Society's school competition with (back) Jim Millar of the Ulster-Scots Agency, which also sponsored the competition, and Language Society vice-president Doug Elliott. |
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Pipes & tartan at Northern Ireland game
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THERE was the sound of bagpipes and a touch of tartan when Northern Ireland played Portugal in a friendly at Windsor Park last month. 
Thirty members of the cross-community Ulster Youth Ensemble provided pre-match and half time entertainment sponsored by the Ulster-Scots Agency in association with the IFA.
Agency chief executive, George Patton, said: "We had the chance to show off the very best of young pipers, drummers and dancers from the Northern Ireland School of Piping and Drumming and we hope that the fans were as proud of their home-grown talent as they are of their team."
Pictured: Football and Ulster-Scots? - Highland dancer Michelle Johnston, (16), from Belfast, and William Grattan, (17), one of the Northern Ireland u - 17 team, from Islandmagee, limber up before the NI/Portugal game. |
