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  • 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 »

  • Christmas Closure

    Christmas Closure

    The Ulster-Scots Agency\\\'s offices in Belfast and Raphoe will be closed on Monday 24th December 2018 and will re-open again on Wednesday 2th January 2019. more »

  • Burns by the Lagan - Tickets On Sale

    Burns by the Lagan - Tickets On Sale

    The Ulster-Scots Agency invites you to join them at the Titanic Belfast on Tuesday 22nd January at 8.00pm for a musical celebration of the genius of Robert Burns, whose work remains cherished in Scotland, Ulster and around the world, even 260 years after his birth. more »

  • Burns Celebration Set for Titanic Belfast

    Burns Celebration Set for Titanic Belfast

    Titanic Belfast will be the setting for a spectacular musical celebration of the genius of Robert Burns on Tuesday 22nd January, just a few days short of the Bard\'s 260th birthday. more »

  • Alastair Scott Ceilidh Band - Burns Night

    Join the Alastair Scott Ceilidh Band to celebrate the Life of Scotland's Greatest Poet - Robert Burns. more »