"Shairp" [Share-p] Meaning: Sharp
News Archive
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Ulster-Scots Culture Event to celebrate Burns
Some local primary school children would have been forgiven for feeling ‘wabbit’ (tired) last week, after completing a six week course under the watch-full eye of Ulster-Scots Language facilitator Anne Blair which ended up with over 80 young people networking together to celebrate the life, loves and legacy of Robert Burns by hosting an Ulster-Scots Burns Dinner at Newtownstewart Model Primary School. more »
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Friends’ Goodwill and the Journey to a New Land
In May in 1717 a small ship made her way out of Larne Harbour and along the Antrim coast past Islandmagee, heading south and then charting a route across the Atlantic to Boston in Massachusetts. more »
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Local folk group Stonewall to release new CD!
Local County Armagh folk group, Stonewall, are set to launch their third album entitled, 'Longing for home' at the Market Place Theatre, Armagh on 1st June. more »
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Oakfield Primary School Receives Flagship Status
The Ulster-Scots Flagship School programme is a cultural and educational programme, devised and managed by the Ulster-Scots Agency in partnership with primary schools in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. more »
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Funding Schemes 2017 - Now Open
The Ulster Scots Agency Summer Schools 2017, Festivals 2017 and Music and Dance Tuition for Schools 2017/18 are now open for applications. more »
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Music and Dance Tuition - Programme for Schools 2017/ 2018
The Ulster-Scots Agency is pleased to announce that applications for Ulster-Scots Music and/or Dance tuition in schools is now open. more »
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Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham
Music and history combine in a new series, presented by acclaimed Scottish musician, composer and broadcaster, Phil Cunningham. Across three programmes, Phil explores age-old musical connections between Scotland, Ulster and America and celebrates not only an extraordinary history, but a vibrant, living tradition. more »
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Blue Plaque Unveiled for John Alexander Sinton VC
The Ulster History Circle commemorateD John Alexander Sinton VC, FRS, (1884-1956), Soldier, Physician and Malariologist. more »
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RSPBANI To Remake Historic ‘Live in Ireland’ Concert
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland is delighted to announce the remake of the landmark 1987 ‘Live in Ireland’ pipe band concert at the Belfast Waterfront at 8pm on Saturday, 25th February. more »
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A Special Relationship on BBC Two Northern Ireland
A Special Relationship – new three-part series exploring the rich connections between Scotland and Northern Ireland. In a new three-part series Scottish journalist Lesley Riddoch explores the relationship between Northern Ireland and Scotland and how it is expressed through culture, community, language, work and faith. more »