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  1. Musical notes from Belfast鈥檚 Tattoo, Donaghadee鈥檚 famous lifeboat, and might a 鈥楽cots Writer of the Year鈥� be an Ulsterman?

    Belfast鈥檚 Tattoo, a refurbished lifeboat, and could a local writer win a Scottish award?

  2. A trip to The Worlds and Seamus Heaney鈥檚 love of Ulster-Scots.

    A trip to The Worlds and Seamus Heaney鈥檚 love of Ulster-Scots.

  3. A trip to Islay, Queen of the Hebrides.

    Willie Hill and Paula McIntyre visit Islay.

  4. Helen Mark chats with the President of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, George Ussher.

    Helen Mark meets the president of the RSPBA, George Ussher.

  5. The Ulster Fry World Championships, building hammered dulcimers and an Ulster-Scots love story that put a business on the map

    All about the 鈥榤akes鈥�: an Ulster Fry, a dulcimer and from spades to world class engines.

  6. Piping at TradFest, a Belfast gathering for poets, Ulster-Scots schemes for children and 'Galway Bay' down the Ards

    Rab hears about piping at TradFest, and there鈥檚 news of a Belfast gathering for poets.

  7. Remembering Pipe Major Alec Brown, meeting the boy racing on two wheels, and the real teddy-bears picnic behind the song.

    Legends in the piping world, songwriting and, maybe in the making, on two wheels.

  8. 23/07/2023

    Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk

  9. Jonnie Crawford chats to long-time Ulster-Scots enthusiast, Sally Young.

    A conversation with long-time Ulster-Scots enthusiast, Sally Young.

  10. Visiting the All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships.

    Visiting the All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships.

  11. Willie Hill chats with Roberta Heaney of Kilkeel鈥檚 Schomberg Society to hear about her passion for all things Ulster-Scots

    Kilkeel鈥檚 Ulster-Scots festival and community radio, and reasons to write this summer.

  12. Media training for Ulster-Scots enthusiasts, the hunt for WW2 artefacts, a spudcraw trail, and ways to discover Groomsport.

    Media training for the Ulster-Scots, finding WW2 artefacts, and ideas for summer trips.

  13. An animated 'Granda' heads off round Ulster, writing in Ulster-Scots give new purpose, and a fresh start for the piping world.

    A new animation for children, a new voice to writing, and a new leader for pipers.

  14. A new poetry resource for schools, a poet with the heart of a teenage rocker, and connecting Carrickfergus Castle to Australia.

    A new school poetry resource, a poet鈥檚 surprising heart-song, and a yarn about a photo.

  15. Heritage Day in Raphoe, battle notes from Donegore, and a potted history of Cullybackey鈥檚 Covenanters

    Heritage Day in Raphoe, battle notes from Donegore, and Psalm singing dissenters.

  16. Hymn with an Ulster-Scots connection, a new collection of poems and a dander round Coagh.

    Hymns from Ballyclare, a new collection of poems and a dander round Coagh.

  17. On the road this week, from Raphoe to the Ards Penninsula and along the East Coast

    Raphoe鈥檚 Heritage Day to old recordings and photos from Carrickfergus and Islandmagee.

  18. Family footsteps, Harry Ferguson and Cup O鈥橨oe

    Family footsteps, Harry Ferguson and Cup O鈥橨oe.

  19. A trip to the Steam Rally at Shane鈥檚 Castle and looking ahead to the NW 200

    A trip to the Steam Rally at Shane鈥檚 Castle and looking ahead to the NW 200.

  20. A US senator is taught his first Ulster Scots word, and a song fit for the King

    A senator is taught his first Ulster Scots word, and we learn a song fit for the King.

  21. Who was known as the 'king of the wild frontier' and what were his connections to the Ulster-Scots?

    Davy Crockett and Sam Houston鈥檚 local roots, Dervock鈥檚 new yarns and Ballymoney鈥檚 Tattoo.

  22. Just who were the border reivers, and what鈥檚 their connection with Ulster?

    Visiting the Hawick Reivers Festival with schoolchildren from Fermanagh.

  23. The Ulster-Scots magazine programme

    A closer look at the Ulster-Scots who helped forge the United States.

  24. 02/04/2023

    Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk

  25. Music fom the Wailin鈥� Jennys, bagpipes to welcome Snoop Dogg, refreshed Ulster-Scots yarns and a 90-year-old car

    Bagpipes for Snoop Dogg, an elderly car, and a new take on old folk tales.

  26. Mother鈥檚 day, the Peace Proms and a unique musical

    Mother鈥檚 day, the Peace Proms and a unique musical.

  27. The Stone of Destiny鈥檚 local story, mapping the Ulster-Scots in Antrim and a memory through music

    The local claim on the Stone of Scone, and the Ulster-Scots on a new interactive map.

  28. Stories of Ulster-Scots lassies this week: in the media, in music and in reaching out to improve the mental health of friends.

    Stories of strong Ulster-Scots lassies for International Women鈥檚 Day.

  29. New funding for Ulster-Scots in Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal, Ballymoney鈥檚 tattoo, Gracehill鈥檚 mixed community and a hairt-sang

    Ulster-Scots news, music, history and a song to warm the heart.

  30. Opportunities for pipers and Ulster-Scots writers, a hairt-sang for the working folk and inside a landmark church at Ballintoy

    Opportunities for pipers and writers and a visit to a landmark church in Ballintoy.

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