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But the most prominent historical figures of the time are those who signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. On ...

Dolly Parton, ‘the Queen of Country’, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, author, actress and ...

Sinn Féin councillors say language must be central to celebrations and question whether birth of USA should be ‘celebrated or ...

It is a sure sign that Christmas is on the way when Fuse FM Mourne, an Ulster-Scots community radio station, hits the airwaves. With Fuse being an acronym For Ulster Scots Enthusiasts - the station ...

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COMHGHAIRDEAS to all of those who helped make Oireachtas na Samhna the huge success it was. Thousands of Irish language speakers from across the island of Ireland spent last week enjoying the music, ...

THIS month Ards and north Down will once again celebrate the richness of Ulster-Scots language, culture and history with the Leid AND Lairn festival. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to ...

NORTHERN IRELAND has formally appointed its first ever Irish language and Ulster-Scots commissioners. Pól Deeds, deputy chief executive of the cross-border language body Foras na Gaeilge, has been ...

A Tyrone man like W F Marshall, the author of ‘Ulster sails West’, Montgomery was born on April 19 1916 in Moy. His father, John Montgomery, was a Methodist minister, who became president of the ...