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  • Music Night at Brownlow

    Music Night at Brownlow

    Filmed at Brownlow house in Lurgan, Music Night at Brownlow is a new three part television series that captures the variety and scope of the music that is Ulster Scots. more »

  • Ulster-Scots Agency Christmas Closing Dates

    Ulster-Scots Agency Christmas Closing Dates

    A Blythe Yuletide an Guid New Yeir frae aa at the Boord o Ulster-Scotch. more »

  • A Number of Pipers from Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band to Join Burns Night Celebration

    A Number of Pipers from Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band to Join Burns Night Celebration

    The Ulster-Scots Agency and Ulster Orchestra are delighted to announce that a number of pipers from renowned Pipe Band Field Marshal Montgomery will be joining the performers on stage at the Burns Concert 2017. more »

  • 'They Sailed from Londonderry' by Billy Kennedy

    'They Sailed from Londonderry' by Billy Kennedy

    The Ulster-Scots Agency, due to public demand, has authorised a re-print of the book They Sailed from Londonderry (The Ulster-Scots who helped create the United States of America) by Billy Kennedy, which was first published in 2012. The 182-page book traces 18th century migration from Northern Ireland's second city and is the 11th publication in the Scots-Irish Chronicles series by author and journalist Billy Kennedy. more »

  • ‘Our Innovators’ educates for success

    ‘Our Innovators’ educates for success

    A unique learning resource that stars pupils from schools across Northern Ireland has been launched with a special event at Stormont. Entitled ‘Our Innovators: An Ulster-Scots Legacy ’, the comprehensive educational tool examines the legacy of local visionaries with Ulster-Scots connections and is available free of charge online. more »

  • Celebrating Scottish Traditional Fiddle at Stormont

    Celebrating Scottish Traditional Fiddle at Stormont

    Mid Armagh Community Network, the Ulster-Scots group from Markethill in County Armagh held this year’s Fiddle awards presentations in the Great Hall in Parliament Buildings on Friday 14th October. more »

  • Presentation of Certificates at Stormont

    Presentation of Certificates at Stormont

    Congratulations to all the students from across the province who were awarded Certificates at our event hosted in partnership with RSPBANI at Parliament Buildings, Stormont on Wednesday 12th October 2016. more »

  • Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque for ‘Captain Jack’

    Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque for ‘Captain Jack’

    On Saturday 1st October, the Ulster History Circle unveiled its first Blue Plaque on the Inishowen for ‘Captain Jack’, (John Wallace Crawford) 1847-1917. more »

  • Ulster Scots Broadcast Fund Committee Recruitment

    Ulster Scots Broadcast Fund Committee Recruitment

    Northern Ireland Screen is seeking to appoint up to three independent representatives for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund (USBF) Investment Committee. more »

  • Frances Browne Bicentennial Competition

    Frances Browne Bicentennial Competition

    Frances Browne, the Blind Poetess of Ulster, is the most important writer ever to emerge from Donegal's Finn Valley. The Finn Valley area is Ireland's most important district in linguistic terms. All three of Ireland's traditional languages, Irish, English, and Ulster-Scots are widely spoken in the Finn Valley. This situation is unique in Ireland. more »