The Ulster-Scots Agency welcomes talented local chef Paula McIntrye to host a unique Ulster-Scots cooking demonstration that draws upon local produce in Northern Ireland.
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The Glazed Foreshore
A documentary exploring the diverse culture, heritage, biodiversity of the Ard Peninsula and its deep links to Scotland.
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In Focus: Wesley Hutchinson
Wesley Hutchinson’s ‘Tracing the Ulster-Scots Imagination’ is the first major study to provide an in-depth analysis of Ulster-Scots culture over the centuries unto it’s most recent revival in today’s society.
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Belfast Tattoo: Part One
Belfast International Tattoo 2018 featuring The Band Of The Irish Guards Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pipes and Drums South African Irish Regiment Pipes and Drums The Band of the Gurkha Rifles The Belfast International Tattoo …
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Our Generation: Junior Coffey
Junior Coffey comes from a family with a wealth of knowledge on fishing on the Ardís Peninsula. Having watched his father work on the sea, Junior was quick to follow in his footsteps.
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The Kingdom of Dalriada: Ulster-Scots Christmas Festival
Highlights of the festival which includes music, poetry and crafts. We also visit FUSE FM which is an Ulster-Scots radio station based in the town.
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Our Generation: Etta Manley
Etta Manley talks of an older way of life on the Ards Peninsula, memories of her father who was a shoemaker and ploughman and how, when she refused to sell her house, the developer built …
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Our Generation: Ernest Dunbar
Ernest Dunbar is a retired fisherman from Ballywalter who used to fish scallops and worked for the Irish Lights. Aside from fishing for lobsters he is an avid painter of wildlife and seascapes.
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Millar Memorial Band
Formed over 100 years ago, we discover the flute band and their recent performance at the Belfast Tattoo.
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Whitechurch Cemetery, Ballywalter
Michael Johnston, of Ballywalter & District Historical Society, takes us on a tour of one of the most important burial grounds on the North Down & Ards Peninsula.
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