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I’ve often wondered about my ancestors and who they were, what their lives were like, and how much of them I carry in me. Do they come to me as whispers on the wind?
#ulsterscots #ancestors #scotland
I’ve often wondered about my ancestors and who they were, what their lives were like, and how much of them I carry in me. Do they come to me as whispers on the wind?
#ulsterscots #ancestors #scotland
Whispers on the Wind
Kerri M. | Divine Whispers · Whispers on the Wind · Song · 2026
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August 27, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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I’ve often wondered about my ancestors and who they were, what their lives were like, and how much of them I carry in me. Do they come to me as whispers on the wind?
#ulsterscots #ancestors #scotland
I’ve often wondered about my ancestors and who they were, what their lives were like, and how much of them I carry in me. Do they come to me as whispers on the wind?
#ulsterscots #ancestors #scotland
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans,there are suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks.
Ó Snodaigh is a Gaelicised version of Snoddy which comes from town of Snodgrass in Ayrshire,a good example of how Ayrshire names became embedded in UlsterScots identity
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Ó Snodaigh is a Gaelicised version of Snoddy which comes from town of Snodgrass in Ayrshire,a good example of how Ayrshire names became embedded in UlsterScots identity
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O’Toole: Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
www.irishtimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans,there are suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks.
Ó Snodaigh is a Gaelicised version of Snoddy which comes from town of Snodgrass in Ayrshire,a good example of how Ayrshire names became embedded in UlsterScots identity
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Ó Snodaigh is a Gaelicised version of Snoddy which comes from town of Snodgrass in Ayrshire,a good example of how Ayrshire names became embedded in UlsterScots identity
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
“Lowland humour is the art of laughing at a man while passing him the butter."
Just published in #HonestUlsterman: my piece on inheriting this deadpan, understated wit, from Ulster-Scots roots to Norm Macdonald echoes and family court.
#UlsterScots #Humour #IrishWriting #CanadianLit #speirgorm
Just published in #HonestUlsterman: my piece on inheriting this deadpan, understated wit, from Ulster-Scots roots to Norm Macdonald echoes and family court.
#UlsterScots #Humour #IrishWriting #CanadianLit #speirgorm
Honest Ulsterman - Article - Catch Yourself On: The Inheritance of Lowland Humour from February 2026 Edition
The Honest Ulsterman is a long-running Northern Ireland literary magazine that was established by James Simmons in 1968.
www.humag.co
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
“Lowland humour is the art of laughing at a man while passing him the butter."
Just published in #HonestUlsterman: my piece on inheriting this deadpan, understated wit, from Ulster-Scots roots to Norm Macdonald echoes and family court.
#UlsterScots #Humour #IrishWriting #CanadianLit #speirgorm
Just published in #HonestUlsterman: my piece on inheriting this deadpan, understated wit, from Ulster-Scots roots to Norm Macdonald echoes and family court.
#UlsterScots #Humour #IrishWriting #CanadianLit #speirgorm
Still a few last minute slots available if you ken ony writers in the area. Places are free, just email to book. 👇🏼
#amwriting
#amwriting
November 20, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Still a few last minute slots available if you ken ony writers in the area. Places are free, just email to book. 👇🏼
#amwriting
#amwriting
I was interviewed on BBC Radio Foyle this afternoon ahead of arriving in Derry to deliver #UlsterScots creative writing workshops for #LeidWeek 2023.
📻 (34m in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Really looking forward to meeting folk ready to stert screivin Scots at the Guildhall tomorrow!
📻 (34m in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Really looking forward to meeting folk ready to stert screivin Scots at the Guildhall tomorrow!
November 20, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I was interviewed on BBC Radio Foyle this afternoon ahead of arriving in Derry to deliver #UlsterScots creative writing workshops for #LeidWeek 2023.
📻 (34m in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Really looking forward to meeting folk ready to stert screivin Scots at the Guildhall tomorrow!
📻 (34m in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Really looking forward to meeting folk ready to stert screivin Scots at the Guildhall tomorrow!
A weel spint day across the Waater at the FRLSU Conference on Saiterdi... took pairt on a grassroots panel on minority languages in oor Islands #Scots #Gàidhlig #Ulsterscots #Gaeilge
December 2, 2024 at 9:28 PM
A weel spint day across the Waater at the FRLSU Conference on Saiterdi... took pairt on a grassroots panel on minority languages in oor Islands #Scots #Gàidhlig #Ulsterscots #Gaeilge
a.k.a. they need to fcukn step up and be real, not shallow pissants - my grand Aunts (Celts of UlsterScots oppression) taught me everything about men as a boy - not my Dad, not my Uncles. I'm forever grateful for their patience and guidance!
You get it
Men need to fix men
Men need to fix men
January 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
a.k.a. they need to fcukn step up and be real, not shallow pissants - my grand Aunts (Celts of UlsterScots oppression) taught me everything about men as a boy - not my Dad, not my Uncles. I'm forever grateful for their patience and guidance!
language mass circulation newspaper,& the Irish language programmes on TV would not be so low in viewers as to not register as statistically significant.
Those people languishing on waiting lists are from all communities, and deserve higher priority (END)
#speirghorm #belfastcentral
#ulsterscots
Those people languishing on waiting lists are from all communities, and deserve higher priority (END)
#speirghorm #belfastcentral
#ulsterscots
April 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
language mass circulation newspaper,& the Irish language programmes on TV would not be so low in viewers as to not register as statistically significant.
Those people languishing on waiting lists are from all communities, and deserve higher priority (END)
#speirghorm #belfastcentral
#ulsterscots
Those people languishing on waiting lists are from all communities, and deserve higher priority (END)
#speirghorm #belfastcentral
#ulsterscots
How a Wave of 18th-Century Immigrants Became "Scots-Irish" in America
#ScotsIrish #ScotchIrish #UlsterScots #AppalachianHistory #AmericanIdentity #FactRage #FactRageNews
tglm.us/XNbNG
#ScotsIrish #ScotchIrish #UlsterScots #AppalachianHistory #AmericanIdentity #FactRage #FactRageNews
tglm.us/XNbNG
The Scots-Irish Identity: An American Story, Not a Simple History
"Uncover the true story of the 'Scots-Irish' identity. An American invention, this term masks a complex history of migration, religion, and culture."
tglm.us
August 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How a Wave of 18th-Century Immigrants Became "Scots-Irish" in America
#ScotsIrish #ScotchIrish #UlsterScots #AppalachianHistory #AmericanIdentity #FactRage #FactRageNews
tglm.us/XNbNG
#ScotsIrish #ScotchIrish #UlsterScots #AppalachianHistory #AmericanIdentity #FactRage #FactRageNews
tglm.us/XNbNG
Have just spent yesterday & today editing & redrafting a ‘wheen’ of Ulster Scots poems. That time of year when all the deadlines come at once
This phrase best captures how I am feeling just now
‘The affener ye tramp on a coo-clap the bigger it gets’
#amwriting
#editing
#poetry
#UlsterScots
#Leid
This phrase best captures how I am feeling just now
‘The affener ye tramp on a coo-clap the bigger it gets’
#amwriting
#editing
#poetry
#UlsterScots
#Leid
August 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Have just spent yesterday & today editing & redrafting a ‘wheen’ of Ulster Scots poems. That time of year when all the deadlines come at once
This phrase best captures how I am feeling just now
‘The affener ye tramp on a coo-clap the bigger it gets’
#amwriting
#editing
#poetry
#UlsterScots
#Leid
This phrase best captures how I am feeling just now
‘The affener ye tramp on a coo-clap the bigger it gets’
#amwriting
#editing
#poetry
#UlsterScots
#Leid
A lovely evening in Stormont (possibly the poshest venue I will ever perform in).
Congratulations to Ewen and Rhonda - great poems 😊
Delighted to receive this.
And such a joy to hear the kids reading their poems - the next generation
#poetry
#amwriting
#ulsterscots
Congratulations to Ewen and Rhonda - great poems 😊
Delighted to receive this.
And such a joy to hear the kids reading their poems - the next generation
#poetry
#amwriting
#ulsterscots
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A lovely evening in Stormont (possibly the poshest venue I will ever perform in).
Congratulations to Ewen and Rhonda - great poems 😊
Delighted to receive this.
And such a joy to hear the kids reading their poems - the next generation
#poetry
#amwriting
#ulsterscots
Congratulations to Ewen and Rhonda - great poems 😊
Delighted to receive this.
And such a joy to hear the kids reading their poems - the next generation
#poetry
#amwriting
#ulsterscots
Very excited about this and looking forward to next Monday evening, in Stormont, no less!!
Congratulations to the other winners and highly commended poets
#poetry
#ulsterscots
Congratulations to the other winners and highly commended poets
#poetry
#ulsterscots
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Very excited about this and looking forward to next Monday evening, in Stormont, no less!!
Congratulations to the other winners and highly commended poets
#poetry
#ulsterscots
Congratulations to the other winners and highly commended poets
#poetry
#ulsterscots
A couple of weeks ago I had a poem placed 1st in the Frances Browne Festival Poetry Competition, a festival mutually celebrating #gaeilge and #ulsterscots
Delighted to see the poem in print, together with the other winners, in the Finn Valley Voice ❤️
#poetry
#poem
#amwriting
Delighted to see the poem in print, together with the other winners, in the Finn Valley Voice ❤️
#poetry
#poem
#amwriting
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A couple of weeks ago I had a poem placed 1st in the Frances Browne Festival Poetry Competition, a festival mutually celebrating #gaeilge and #ulsterscots
Delighted to see the poem in print, together with the other winners, in the Finn Valley Voice ❤️
#poetry
#poem
#amwriting
Delighted to see the poem in print, together with the other winners, in the Finn Valley Voice ❤️
#poetry
#poem
#amwriting
Delighted, and a wee bit shocked, too have been placed 1st in the Frances Browne Festival Poetry Competition (Ulster Scots).
This is a festival that holds a special place in my heart for it's mutual celebration of #gaeilge and #ulsterscots
Thank you to the judges ❤️
#poetry
#amwriting
This is a festival that holds a special place in my heart for it's mutual celebration of #gaeilge and #ulsterscots
Thank you to the judges ❤️
#poetry
#amwriting
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Delighted, and a wee bit shocked, too have been placed 1st in the Frances Browne Festival Poetry Competition (Ulster Scots).
This is a festival that holds a special place in my heart for it's mutual celebration of #gaeilge and #ulsterscots
Thank you to the judges ❤️
#poetry
#amwriting
This is a festival that holds a special place in my heart for it's mutual celebration of #gaeilge and #ulsterscots
Thank you to the judges ❤️
#poetry
#amwriting
On the day I found out I have two poems shortlisted for the Frances Browne Poetry Competition (Ulster Scots), just taking a moment to reflect on all minority languages.
This poem by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill says it better than I can
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#language
#ulsterscots
#gaeilge
This poem by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill says it better than I can
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#language
#ulsterscots
#gaeilge
September 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On the day I found out I have two poems shortlisted for the Frances Browne Poetry Competition (Ulster Scots), just taking a moment to reflect on all minority languages.
This poem by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill says it better than I can
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#language
#ulsterscots
#gaeilge
This poem by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill says it better than I can
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#language
#ulsterscots
#gaeilge
This airs Tuesday 11th on BBC1 at 10:40 & will be on the iPlayer if you miss it. A remarkable film tracing the expressive beauty of Ulster-Scots through the words of past and present women writers across NI. The breadth & quality of the writing is stunning, presented by Anne McMaster
#ulsterscots
#ulsterscots
February 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This airs Tuesday 11th on BBC1 at 10:40 & will be on the iPlayer if you miss it. A remarkable film tracing the expressive beauty of Ulster-Scots through the words of past and present women writers across NI. The breadth & quality of the writing is stunning, presented by Anne McMaster
#ulsterscots
#ulsterscots
January 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Delighted to see my poem placed 3rd in the Frances Brown Poetry competition published this week in the Finn Valley Voice
#UlsterScots
#poetry
#Scots
#writing
#heritage
#language
#leid
#HamleyTongue
#UlsterScots
#poetry
#Scots
#writing
#heritage
#language
#leid
#HamleyTongue
January 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Delighted to see my poem placed 3rd in the Frances Brown Poetry competition published this week in the Finn Valley Voice
#UlsterScots
#poetry
#Scots
#writing
#heritage
#language
#leid
#HamleyTongue
#UlsterScots
#poetry
#Scots
#writing
#heritage
#language
#leid
#HamleyTongue
I was delighted to welcome the Ulster Scots/Ulster British Commissioner @cusubt.bsky.social, Lee Reynolds to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.
The Commissioner outlined his priorities over the coming months, and we look forward to supporting him in his role.
#LoveQUB #UlsterScots
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The Commissioner outlined his priorities over the coming months, and we look forward to supporting him in his role.
#LoveQUB #UlsterScots
(1/2)
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I was delighted to welcome the Ulster Scots/Ulster British Commissioner @cusubt.bsky.social, Lee Reynolds to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.
The Commissioner outlined his priorities over the coming months, and we look forward to supporting him in his role.
#LoveQUB #UlsterScots
(1/2)
The Commissioner outlined his priorities over the coming months, and we look forward to supporting him in his role.
#LoveQUB #UlsterScots
(1/2)
"Swirl"??? Surely you mean "skirling" here. In an article about Ulster Scots culture, you could at least get the basics right ffs #bbcni #ulsterscots #NornIrn
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Swirl"??? Surely you mean "skirling" here. In an article about Ulster Scots culture, you could at least get the basics right ffs #bbcni #ulsterscots #NornIrn
7) Same group of people and self declared "british ulsterscots" who went over to the US to found your KKK btw, so. If you wanted a comparative measure closer to home to how evil these people are
July 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
7) Same group of people and self declared "british ulsterscots" who went over to the US to found your KKK btw, so. If you wanted a comparative measure closer to home to how evil these people are
November 11, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Our volunteer Jason BUNTING has updated our research article on #language #diversity in #NorthernIreland, including surveys on #Irish and #UlsterScots. How has public policy developed with the New Decade, New Approach Deal? @JasonBunting27 #SharedFuture
November 16, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Our volunteer Jason BUNTING has updated our research article on #language #diversity in #NorthernIreland, including surveys on #Irish and #UlsterScots. How has public policy developed with the New Decade, New Approach Deal? @JasonBunting27 #SharedFuture
"Belfast Fleadh will showcase music and dance from Ulsterscots, South Asian and other cultures as part of the world’s largest celebration of traditional Irish music, song and dance.
"Fleadh Cheoil na héireann is expected to bring around 800,000 visitors to the city from August 2-9." [Bel Telegraph]
"Fleadh Cheoil na héireann is expected to bring around 800,000 visitors to the city from August 2-9." [Bel Telegraph]
July 20, 2026 at 8:11 AM
"Belfast Fleadh will showcase music and dance from Ulsterscots, South Asian and other cultures as part of the world’s largest celebration of traditional Irish music, song and dance.
"Fleadh Cheoil na héireann is expected to bring around 800,000 visitors to the city from August 2-9." [Bel Telegraph]
"Fleadh Cheoil na héireann is expected to bring around 800,000 visitors to the city from August 2-9." [Bel Telegraph]