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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
As part of Belfast City Council's Good Relations Week at the end of April, 2008, the Ulster Scots Agency engaged with schoolchildren from West Belfast through a series of talks, static displays and Ulster Scots Dancing displays at the Andersonstown Library. This Insider 'Bite Size' programme documents the cultural connections forged that week.
ULSTER SCOTS AGENCY FOLK FESTIVAL 2006
July 29th, 2006 was the day Rosemount Estate in Greyabbey celebrated the 400th anniversary of the settlement of the Hamilton and Montgomery families in Ulster.
A Rainy day did not prevent people from all over Ulster having fun day out.
DAWN OF THE ULSTER SCOTS 400th anniversary - Ulster-Scots Agency
The Ulster-Scots Agency organised a celebration in Donaghadee, recounting the arrival in 1606 of pioneering Ayrshire lairds James Hamilton and Hugh Montgomery and 20,000 Scottish Presbyterians for the start of the Scottish Plantation in the north-east part of Ireland. The Valhalla Players, a drama group from Newtownards, performed ‘18 Miles to Freedom’ and extracts of the Hamilton and Montgomery story.
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