Northern Ireland's first Ulster Scots commissioner has said approaches to Irish and Ulster Scots do not need to be "carbon copies" of one another. Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Lee ...

Gillian Rea believes it is important to keep Ulster Scots culture alive For Gillian Rea, speaking Ulster Scots was a normal part of her childhood and she wants to see others enjoying the culture. A ...

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The new Stormont commissioner for Ulster Scots will not be required to speak the language – unlike their counterpart for Irish. Despite the advert for the £79,000-£89,000 role appearing in both ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. John Mann, chairman of the Maine Ulster-Scots Project, and Pam Crane, a ...

Christmas lights in a Tyrone town will be displayed in English, Irish and Ulster-Scots. This was agreed at a recent meeting ...

Secretary of State Hilary Benn has commenced a new law requiring Stormont’s Department of Education to promote the use of Ulster Scots in schools on the same day as repealing a 300-year-old ban on the ...

A controversial Unionist politician has launched an online crowdfunder to fund a pro-Donald Trump trailer campaign in Northern Ireland. Jolene Bunting, an ex-Unionist councillor in Belfast, is ...

The work of Robert Burns continues to have a deep connection to Ulster-Scots: the province was the first place outside of Scotland to publish his work and his poetry had meaning and depth for ...